taboo

Etymology
, from, from , from. ..

The p in the Tongan source was misheard as b.

Noun

 * 1) An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
 * 2)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
 * 1)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
 * 1)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
 * 1)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
 * 1)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
 * 1)  Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَحْظُورٌ اجْتِمَاعِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: tabu
 * Basque: tabu
 * Belarusian: табу́
 * Bulgarian: табу
 * Catalan: tabú
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: tabu
 * Danish: tabu
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: tabú
 * Georgian: ტაბუ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kalmyk: хөрг
 * Kikuyu: mũgiro
 * Korean:, 터부
 * Latvian: tabu
 * Lithuanian: tabu
 * Macedonian: табу
 * Malay:
 * Marshallese: mo̧
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: tabu
 * Nynorsk: tabu
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: табу
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: tabu
 * Slovene: tabu
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kabawalan
 * Tok Pisin: tambu
 * Tongan: tapu
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: табу́
 * Welsh: tabŵ
 * White Hmong: caiv
 * Yiddish: טאַבו


 * Catalan: tabú
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Fijian: tabu
 * Finnish:
 * Hawaiian: kapu
 * Maori:
 * Portuguese:
 * Rapa Nui: tapu
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: tapu
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tok Pisin: tambu
 * Tongan: tapu


 * Ancient Greek:
 * French:
 * Latin:
 * Maori:

Adjective

 * 1) Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
 * Incest is a taboo subject in most soap operas.
 * 1) Culturally forbidden.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: tabú
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: tabu
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Indonesian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Rapa Nui: tapu
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swahili:
 * Tongan: tapu

Verb

 * 1) To mark as taboo.
 * 2) To ban.
 * 3) To avoid.
 * 1) To avoid.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: tabuizovat
 * Dutch: taboeïseren
 * Finnish: merkitä tabuksi
 * German:
 * Italian: tabuizzare
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tongan:
 * Ukrainian: табуювати


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: налага́ть табу́
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tongan:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech: tabuizovat
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian: налага́ть табу́
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Tongan: