# tabu
## English
### Noun

tabu (plural tabus)
* Alternative spelling of taboo

#### Derived terms

* tabu search

### Verb

tabu (third-person singular simple present tabus, present participle tabuing, simple past and past participle tabued)
* Alternative spelling of taboo

### Anagrams

* buat, Ṭūbā, Taub, buta, abut, tuba, Tuba, batu, Batu

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtabu/ [ˈtʌbʊ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu

### Noun

tábu m
* transition

#### References

* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

## Comanche
### Noun

tabu
* rabbit

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtabu]

### Noun

tabu n (indeclinable)
* taboo

#### Related terms

* tabuizovat

### Adjective

tabu (indeclinable)
* taboo

### Further reading

* “tabu”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “tabu”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “tabu”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu.

### Noun

tabu
* taboo

#### Declension
### References

* “tabu” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Estonian
### Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑb̥u/, [ˈtɑb̥u]
* Rhymes: -ɑbu
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu

### Noun

tabu (genitive tabu, partitive tabu)
* taboo

#### Derived terms

* tabuline
* tabustama

#### Compounds

* tabusõna
* tabuteema

### References

* tabu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “tabu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “tabu”, in [VSL] Võõrsõnade leksikon [Lexicon of Foreign Words] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *tabu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu, Hawaiian kapu.

### Adjective

tabu
* forbidden

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑbu/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝bu]
* Rhymes: -ɑbu
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu

### Noun

tabu
* taboo

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tabu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tabuni
tabuni
accusative
nom.
tabuni
tabuni
gen.
tabuni
genitive
tabuni
tabujeni
partitive
tabuani
tabujani
inessive
tabussani
tabuissani
elative
tabustani
tabuistani
illative
tabuuni
tabuihini
adessive
tabullani
tabuillani
ablative
tabultani
tabuiltani
allative
tabulleni
tabuilleni
essive
tabunani
tabuinani
translative
tabukseni
tabuikseni
abessive
tabuttani
tabuittani
instructive
comitative
—tabuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tabusi
tabusi
accusative
nom.
tabusi
tabusi
gen.
tabusi
genitive
tabusi
tabujesi
partitive
tabuasi
tabujasi
inessive
tabussasi
tabuissasi
elative
tabustasi
tabuistasi
illative
tabuusi
tabuihisi
adessive
tabullasi
tabuillasi
ablative
tabultasi
tabuiltasi
allative
tabullesi
tabuillesi
essive
tabunasi
tabuinasi
translative
tabuksesi
tabuiksesi
abessive
tabuttasi
tabuittasi
instructive
comitative
—tabuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tabumme
tabumme
accusative
nom.
tabumme
tabumme
gen.
tabumme
genitive
tabumme
tabujemme
partitive
tabuamme
tabujamme
inessive
tabussamme
tabuissamme
elative
tabustamme
tabuistamme
illative
tabuumme
tabuihimme
adessive
tabullamme
tabuillamme
ablative
tabultamme
tabuiltamme
allative
tabullemme
tabuillemme
essive
tabunamme
tabuinamme
translative
tabuksemme
tabuiksemme
abessive
tabuttamme
tabuittamme
instructive
comitative
—tabuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tabunne
tabunne
accusative
nom.
tabunne
tabunne
gen.
tabunne
genitive
tabunne
tabujenne
partitive
tabuanne
tabujanne
inessive
tabussanne
tabuissanne
elative
tabustanne
tabuistanne
illative
tabuunne
tabuihinne
adessive
tabullanne
tabuillanne
ablative
tabultanne
tabuiltanne
allative
tabullenne
tabuillenne
essive
tabunanne
tabuinanne
translative
tabuksenne
tabuiksenne
abessive
tabuttanne
tabuittanne
instructive
comitative
—tabuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tabunsa
tabunsa
accusative
nom.
tabunsa
tabunsa
gen.
tabunsa
genitive
tabunsa
tabujensa
partitive
tabuaan tabuansa
tabujaan tabujansa
inessive
tabussaan tabussansa
tabuissaan tabuissansa
elative
tabustaan tabustansa
tabuistaan tabuistansa
illative
tabuunsa
tabuihinsa
adessive
tabullaan tabullansa
tabuillaan tabuillansa
ablative
tabultaan tabultansa
tabuiltaan tabuiltansa
allative
tabulleen tabullensa
tabuilleen tabuillensa
essive
tabunaan tabunansa
tabuinaan tabuinansa
translative
tabukseen tabuksensa
tabuikseen tabuiksensa
abessive
tabuttaan tabuttansa
tabuittaan tabuittansa
instructive
comitative
—tabuineen tabuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* ruokatabu
* sanatabu

### Further reading

* “tabu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈbuː/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uː

### Adjective

tabu (indeclinable, predicative only)
* taboo
    Das ist tabu.That’s taboo.
** 2019, Frozen Starfall (lyrics and music), “Sommertrip”‎:Doch nun ist es zu heiß, um irgendwas zu tun Für mich ist Sommersonne wohl tabu Ich glaub, ich fange an zu schmelzen wie ein Wassereis Was nur findet ihr an dieser Jahreszeit?But now it's way too hot to do anything Summer sun seems to be taboo for me I think I'm starting to melt like an ice pop What do you guys even like about this season?

#### Usage notes

* The adjective is not used attributively (for which tabuisiert or compounds with Tabu are used).

#### Related terms

* Tabu
* tabuisieren

### Further reading

* “tabu” in Duden online
* “tabu” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English taboo. Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒbu]
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu
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### Noun

tabu
* taboo

#### Derived terms

* tabusít

### References

* ↑ tabu in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

### Further reading

* tabu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtabu/
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu

### Noun

tabu (uncountable)
* taboo

#### Derived terms

* menabukan

### Further reading

* “tabu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

### Noun

tabù m
* taboo

#### Declension

Indeclinable.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

### Noun

tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua or tabuene)
* taboo

### References

* “tabu” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

### Noun

tabu n (definite singular tabuet, indefinite plural tabu, definite plural tabua)
* taboo

### References

* “tabu” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.bu/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -abu
* Syllabification: ta‧bu

### Noun

tabu n (indeclinable)
* taboo

### Further reading

* tabu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* tabu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /taˈbu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /taˈbu/ [taˈβu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Hyphenation: ta‧bu

### Noun

tabu m (plural tabus)
* taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)
    quebrar um tabu ― to break a taboo
    Em muitos lugares, fazer tatuagens ainda é um tabu.In many places, getting tattoos is still a taboo.

### Adjective

tabu (invariable)
* taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tabou.

### Noun

tabu n (plural tabuuri)
* taboo

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

English taboo.

### Noun

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling табу)
* taboo

## Slovak
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtabu/

### Noun

tabu n
* taboo

#### Related terms

* tabuový
* tabuizovať

### References

* “tabu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swahili
### Noun

tabu class IX (plural tabu class X)
* Alternative form of taabu (“hardship, distress, misery, difficulty”)

## Swedish
### Etymology

Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

### Noun

tabu n
* taboo

#### Derived terms

* sexualtabu
* tabubelagd
* tabubelägga
* tabuera
* tabuföreställning
* tabuord

### Adjective

tabu (not comparable)
* taboo

#### Usage notes

As adjective only used predicatively.

#### Synonyms

* tabubelagd

### References

* tabu in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tabu in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tabu in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.bu]

### Verb

tabu (Jawi تابو)
* (transitive) to shoot, fire
    tabu si uspera ― to fire the gun

#### Conjugation
### References

* Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
* Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

## Volapük
### Noun

tabu
* predicative singular of tab