tambu

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English

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Adjective

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tambu (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”)

Noun

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tambu (plural tambus)

  1. Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”)

Anagrams

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden.

Adjective

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tambu

  1. forbidden, not allowed
  2. holy

Derived terms

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Noun

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tambu

  1. taboo
  2. in-law
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