табу

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Bulgarian

Pronunciation

Noun

табу́ (tabún

  1. taboo

Declension

Anagrams

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic تابۋ
Cyrillic табу
Latin tabu
Yañalif taʙu
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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

Noun

табу (tabun

  1. taboo

Declension

Russian

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

Pronunciation

Noun

табу́ (tabún 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