taboo
Betekenis (Engels)
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- An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
Sinonieme
bad omen
forbidden thing
strictly forbidden
protective magic
obscene word
lewd word
offensive word
prohibited word
regarding restrictions
tabú
abstain from
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/təˈbuː/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Doublet of kapu. First attested in c. 1777. The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b.
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