tabú

Icelandic

/ˈtʰaːpuː/

noun

Definitions

taboo

Etymology

Derived from English taboo derived from Tongan (Tonga Islands) tapu (prohibited, sacred).

Origin

Tongan

tapu

Gloss

prohibited, sacred

`Kanji`

聖

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

nontaboo English
taboo English
tabooer English
tabooless English
tabooness English
Tabu German
tabu Hungarian
taboe Dutch, Flemish
табу Russian
tabú Spanish, Castilian
タブー Japanese
tabu Polish
tabu Danish
tabu Serbo-Croatian
tabu Lithuanian
*tapu Proto-Polynesian
tapu Tongan (Tonga Islands)