taboe
Dutch (Brabantic)
/taːˈbu/
noun
Definitions
- taboo, prohibition
Etymology
Borrowed from English taboo derived from Tongan (Tonga Islands) tapu (prohibited, sacred) derived from Proto-Polynesian *tapu derived from Proto-Oceanic *tabu derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.
Origin
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
*tambu
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
- Tabu German
- tabu Hungarian
- taboewoord Dutch, Flemish
- woord Dutch, Flemish
- табу Russian
- tabú Spanish, Castilian
- タブー Japanese
- tabu Polish
- tabu Danish
- tabu Serbo-Croatian
- tabú Icelandic
- tabu Slovak
- tabu Lithuanian
- jabwi Marshallese
- tambu Tok Pisin
- kapu Hawaiian
- tapu Maori
- *tapu Proto-Polynesian
- *tabu Proto-Oceanic
- tabu Fijian
- *tambu Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- tapu Rapa Nui
- tapu Samoan
- tapu Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- *tambu Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
- tapu Tahitian