табу

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Bulgarian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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табу́ (tabún

  1. taboo

Declension

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Anagrams

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic تابۋ
Cyrillic табу
Latin tabu
Yañalif taʙu
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Etymology 1

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From Russian табу (tabu), from Tongan tapu (prohibited, sacred), from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

Noun

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табу (tabu)

  1. taboo

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *tap- (to find).

Noun

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табу (tabu)

  1. finding
  2. counting

Verb

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табу (tabu)

  1. to find
  2. to earn
  3. to count
  4. to guess
  5. to give birth to
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Macedonian

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Noun

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табу (tabun

  1. taboo

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Russian

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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табу́ (tabún inan (indeclinable)

  1. taboo

Descendants

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  • Armenian: տաբու (tabu)
  • Kazakh: табу (tabu)

Tatar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *tap- (to find). Cognate with Azerbaijani tapmaq.

Verb

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табу (tabu)

  1. to find