See also: Tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

English edit

Noun edit

tabu (plural tabus)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

tabu (third-person singular simple present tabus, present participle tabuing, simple past and past participle tabued)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams edit

Afar edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtabu/, [ˈtʌbʊ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun edit

tábu m 

  1. transition

References edit

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

Comanche edit

Noun edit

tabu

  1. rabbit

Czech edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Related terms edit

Adjective edit

tabu (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading edit

  • tabu in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tabu in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tabu in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu.

Noun edit

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension edit

References edit

Fijian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Central-Pacific *tabu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu, Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective edit

tabu

  1. forbidden

Finnish edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑbu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝bu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑbu
  • Syllabification(key): ta‧bu

Noun edit

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension edit

Inflection of tabu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative tabu tabut
genitive tabun tabujen
partitive tabua tabuja
illative tabuun tabuihin
singular plural
nominative tabu tabut
accusative nom. tabu tabut
gen. tabun
genitive tabun tabujen
partitive tabua tabuja
inessive tabussa tabuissa
elative tabusta tabuista
illative tabuun tabuihin
adessive tabulla tabuilla
ablative tabulta tabuilta
allative tabulle tabuille
essive tabuna tabuina
translative tabuksi tabuiksi
abessive tabutta tabuitta
instructive tabuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tabu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tabuni tabuni
accusative nom. tabuni tabuni
gen. tabuni
genitive tabuni tabujeni
partitive tabuani tabujani
inessive tabussani tabuissani
elative tabustani tabuistani
illative tabuuni tabuihini
adessive tabullani tabuillani
ablative tabultani tabuiltani
allative tabulleni tabuilleni
essive tabunani tabuinani
translative tabukseni tabuikseni
abessive tabuttani tabuittani
instructive
comitative tabuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tabusi tabusi
accusative nom. tabusi tabusi
gen. tabusi
genitive tabusi tabujesi
partitive tabuasi tabujasi
inessive tabussasi tabuissasi
elative tabustasi tabuistasi
illative tabuusi tabuihisi
adessive tabullasi tabuillasi
ablative tabultasi tabuiltasi
allative tabullesi tabuillesi
essive tabunasi tabuinasi
translative tabuksesi tabuiksesi
abessive tabuttasi tabuittasi
instructive
comitative tabuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tabumme tabumme
accusative nom. tabumme tabumme
gen. tabumme
genitive tabumme tabujemme
partitive tabuamme tabujamme
inessive tabussamme tabuissamme
elative tabustamme tabuistamme
illative tabuumme tabuihimme
adessive tabullamme tabuillamme
ablative tabultamme tabuiltamme
allative tabullemme tabuillemme
essive tabunamme tabuinamme
translative tabuksemme tabuiksemme
abessive tabuttamme tabuittamme
instructive
comitative tabuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tabunne tabunne
accusative nom. tabunne tabunne
gen. tabunne
genitive tabunne tabujenne
partitive tabuanne tabujanne
inessive tabussanne tabuissanne
elative tabustanne tabuistanne
illative tabuunne tabuihinne
adessive tabullanne tabuillanne
ablative tabultanne tabuiltanne
allative tabullenne tabuillenne
essive tabunanne tabuinanne
translative tabuksenne tabuiksenne
abessive tabuttanne tabuittanne
instructive
comitative tabuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tabunsa tabunsa
accusative nom. tabunsa tabunsa
gen. tabunsa
genitive tabunsa tabujensa
partitive tabuaan
tabuansa
tabujaan
tabujansa
inessive tabussaan
tabussansa
tabuissaan
tabuissansa
elative tabustaan
tabustansa
tabuistaan
tabuistansa
illative tabuunsa tabuihinsa
adessive tabullaan
tabullansa
tabuillaan
tabuillansa
ablative tabultaan
tabultansa
tabuiltaan
tabuiltansa
allative tabulleen
tabullensa
tabuilleen
tabuillensa
essive tabunaan
tabunansa
tabuinaan
tabuinansa
translative tabukseen
tabuksensa
tabuikseen
tabuiksensa
abessive tabuttaan
tabuttansa
tabuittaan
tabuittansa
instructive
comitative tabuineen
tabuinensa

Compounds edit

Further reading edit

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /taˈbuː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective edit

tabu (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. taboo
    Das ist tabu.
    That’s taboo.

Usage notes edit

  • The adjective is not used attributively (for which tabuisiert or compounds with Tabu are used).

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • tabu” in Duden online
  • tabu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English taboo.[1] Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒbu]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu
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Noun edit

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative tabu tabuk
accusative tabut tabukat
dative tabunak tabuknak
instrumental tabuval tabukkal
causal-final tabuért tabukért
translative tabuvá tabukká
terminative tabuig tabukig
essive-formal tabuként tabukként
essive-modal
inessive tabuban tabukban
superessive tabun tabukon
adessive tabunál tabuknál
illative tabuba tabukba
sublative tabura tabukra
allative tabuhoz tabukhoz
elative tabuból tabukból
delative taburól tabukról
ablative tabutól tabuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
tabué tabuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
tabuéi tabukéi
Possessive forms of tabu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. tabum tabuim
2nd person sing. tabud tabuid
3rd person sing. tabuja tabui
1st person plural tabunk tabuink
2nd person plural tabutok tabuitok
3rd person plural tabujuk tabuik

References edit

  1. ^ tabu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • tabu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtabu/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun edit

tabu (first-person possessive tabuku, second-person possessive tabumu, third-person possessive tabunya)

  1. taboo

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Lithuanian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun edit

tabù m

  1. taboo

Declension edit

Indeclinable.

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun edit

tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua or tabuene)

  1. taboo

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun edit

tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua)

  1. taboo

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (prohibited).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tabu n (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Further reading edit

  • tabu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tabu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ta‧bu

Noun edit

tabu m (plural tabus)

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective edit

tabu (invariable)

  1. taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French tabou.

Noun edit

tabu n (plural tabuuri)

  1. taboo

Declension edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

 
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Etymology edit

English taboo.

Noun edit

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)

  1. taboo

Slovak edit

 
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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

tabu n

  1. taboo

Related terms edit

References edit

  • tabu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili edit

Noun edit

tabu (n class, plural tabu)

  1. Alternative form of taabu (hardship, distress, misery, difficulty)

Swedish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

Noun edit

tabu n

  1. taboo

Declension edit

Declension of tabu 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tabu tabut tabun tabuna
Genitive tabus tabuts tabuns tabunas

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

tabu (not comparable)

  1. taboo

Usage notes edit

As adjective only used predicatively.

Synonyms edit

References edit

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

tabu (Jawi تابو)

  1. (transitive) to shoot, fire
    tabu si usperato fire the gun

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of tabu
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totabu fotabu mitabu
2nd notabu nitabu
3rd Masculine otabu itabu, yotabu
Feminine motabu
Neuter itabu
- archaic

References edit

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Volapük edit

Noun edit

tabu

  1. predicative singular of tab