tambu

English

Adjective

tambu (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”)

Noun

tambu (plural tambus)

1. Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”)

Anagrams

• Batum

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden.

Adjective

tambu

1. forbidden, not allowed
2. holy

Derived terms

• tambuim

Noun

tambu

1. taboo
2. in-law