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tambu

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Adjective edit

tambu (not comparable)

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

Noun edit

tambu (plural tambus)

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

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Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

tambu

  1. forbidden, not allowed
  2. holy

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Noun edit

tambu

  1. taboo
  2. in-law
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