Tabu
German (Berlin)
/taˈbuː/
noun
Definitions
- taboo
Etymology
Borrowed from English taboo derived from Tongan (Tonga Islands) tapu (prohibited, sacred) derived from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.
Origin
Proto-Polynesian
*tapu
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nontaboo English
- taboo English
- tabooer English
- tabooless English
- tabooness English
- Bruch German
- Tabubruch German
- Tabuthema German
- Thema German
- tabu Hungarian
- taboe Dutch, Flemish
- табу Russian
- tabú Spanish, Castilian
- タブー Japanese
- tabu Polish
- tabu Danish
- tabu Serbo-Croatian
- tabú Icelandic
- tabu Slovak
- tabu Lithuanian
- kapu Hawaiian
- tapu Maori
- *tapu Proto-Polynesian
- *tabu Proto-Oceanic
- tapu Rapa Nui
- tapu Samoan
- tapu Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- tapu Tahitian