tambu
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English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tambu (not comparable)
- Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”)
Noun[edit]
tambu (plural tambus)
- Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”)
Anagrams[edit]
Tok Pisin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden.
Adjective[edit]
tambu
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Noun[edit]
tambu