tabu

Meaning

Noun

taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adj

taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Concepts

taboo

tabu

don’t

tapu

Synonyms

tabú

Translations

tabou

tabú

tabú

taboe

Tabu

ταμπού

tabù

tabu

تابو

tabó

tabu

taboue

θρησκευτική απαγόρευση

tabû

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taˈbu/

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited, sacred”), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.