taboe

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, from Tongan tapu, from Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /taːˈbu/
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  • Hyphenation: ta‧boe
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

taboe n (plural taboes, diminutive taboetje n)

  1. taboo, prohibition

Adjective

taboe (not comparable)

  1. taboo, not allowed

Declension
Inflection of taboe
uninflected taboe
inflected taboe
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial taboe
indefinite m./f. sing. taboe
n. sing. taboe
plural taboe
definite taboe
partitive taboes

Derived terms
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