табу

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈbu]

Noun

табу́ • (tabú) n

  1. taboo

Declension

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تابۋ
Cyrillic табу
Latin tabu
Yañalif taʙu

Etymology 1

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

Noun

табу • (tabu)

  1. taboo

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *tap- (to find).

Noun

табу • (tabu)

  1. finding
  2. counting

Verb

табу • (tabu)

  1. to find
  2. to earn
  3. to count
  4. to guess
  5. to give birth to
Conjugation

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtabu]
  • IPA(key): [taˈbu] (nonstandard)

Noun

табу • (tabu) n

  1. taboo

Declension

Russian

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐˈbu]

Noun

табу́ • (tabú) n inan (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Descendants

  • Armenian: տաբու (tabu)
  • Kazakh: табу (tabu)

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tap- (to find). Cognate with Azerbaijani tapmaq.

Verb

табу • (tabu)

  1. to find
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