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Webster 1913 Edition


Tabu

Ta-bu′

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
See
Taboo
.

Definition 2024


Tabu

Tabu

See also: tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

German

Noun

Tabu n (genitive Tabus, plural Tabus)

  1. taboo

tabu

tabu

See also: Tabu, tabú, tabù, and tabū

English

Noun

tabu (plural tabus)

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams


Comanche

Noun

tabu

  1. rabbit

Czech

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo

Related terms


Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Maori tapu).

Adjective

tabu

  1. forbidden

Finnish

Noun

tabu

  1. taboo

Declension

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
instructive tabuin
abessive tabutta tabuitta
comitative tabuineen

German

Adjective

tabu (not comparable)

  1. taboo

Declension


Latin

Verb

tābū

  1. ablative supine of tābeō

Lithuanian

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun

tabù m

  1. taboo

Declension

Indeclinable.


Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

tabu m (plural tabus)

  1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective

tabu (plural tabu, comparable)

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

English taboo.

Noun

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)

  1. taboo

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Noun

tabu n

  1. taboo

Related terms

  • tabuový
  • tabuizovať

References

  • tabu in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Volapük

Noun

tabu

  1. predicative singular of tab