different between babu vs tabu

English

Alternative forms

• baboo (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (b?b?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??bu?/

Noun

babu (plural babus)

1. (India) A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man [from 18th c.]
   • 1989, Amitav Ghosh, Shadow Lines:

     I could see Kana-babu’s sweet-shop at the end of their lane with absolute clarity.

2. (India) (Originally) a Hindu gentleman employed to work as a clerk for the colonial administration; now, a clerk or low-ranking government official. [from 19th c.]
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘His Chance in Life’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 57:

     The Babu put on his cap and quietly dropped out of the window

   • 1934, George Orwell, Burmese Days, Chapter 2 [1]

     Office babus are the real rulers of this country now. Our number's up. Best thing we can do is to shut up shop and let 'em stew in their own juice.

Derived terms

• babudom
• babuism

Indonesian

Noun

babu (first-person possessive babuku, second-person possessive babumu, third-person possessive babunya)

1. housemaid

See also

• jongo

Jarawa

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (b?b?). Cognate to Önge babu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /babu/

Noun

babu

1. official, officer (of the Indian government of the Andamans)

References

• Kumar, Pramod (2012). Descriptive and Typological Study of Jarawa (PhD). Jawaharlal Nehru University. Page 111, 141, 187.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?babu]

Noun

babu

1. accusative/instrumental singular of baba

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

babu (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. accusative singular of baba

Shabo

Adjective

babu

1. two

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?babu]

Noun

babu

1. accusative singular of baba

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

babu (n class, plural babu)

1. grandfather (from either side)

Coordinate terms

• bibi

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *papu. The initial b- was introduced by analogy with Russian ??? (bob).

Noun

babu

1. bean

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Yindjibarndi

Noun

babu

1. father

English

Noun

tabu (plural tabus)

1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Verb

tabu (third-person singular simple present tabus, present participle tabuing, simple past and past participle tabued)

1. Alternative spelling of taboo

Anagrams

• Batu, Taub, Tuba, abut, batu, buat, buta, tuba

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?bu/

Noun

tábu m 

1. transition

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 57

Comanche

Noun

tabu

1. rabbit

Czech

Noun

tabu n

1. taboo

Related terms

• tabuizovat

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English taboo, Tongan tapu

Noun

tabu

1. taboo

Declension

References

• “tabu” in Den Danske Ordbog

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central-Pacific *tabu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu. Cognate with Maori tapu, Hawaiian kapu.

Adjective

tabu

1. forbidden

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?bu/, [?t??bu]
• Rhymes: -?bu
• Syllabification: ta?bu

Noun

tabu

1. taboo

Declension

Compounds

• sanatabu

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?bu?/

Adjective

tabu (not comparable)

1. (predicative only) taboo

Usage notes

• The adjective is not used attributively (for which tabuisiert or compounds with Tabu are used).

Related terms

• Tabu
• tabuisieren

Further reading

• “tabu” in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

From English taboo. Ultimately from Tongan tapu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?bu]
• Hyphenation: ta?bu

Noun

tabu

1. taboo

Declension

References

Further reading

• tabu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Latin

Verb

t?b?

1. ablative supine of t?be?

Lithuanian

Etymology

From English taboo, from Tongan tapu.

Noun

tabù m

1. taboo

Declension

Indeclinable.

Polish

Etymology

From Tongan tapu (“prohibited”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta.bu/

Noun

tabu n (indeclinable)

1. taboo

Further reading

• tabu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

tabu m (plural tabus)

1. taboo (cultural inhibition or ban)

Adjective

tabu (plural tabu, comparable)

1. taboo (culturally forbidden from use, approach or mention)

Romanian

Etymology

From French tabou

Noun

tabu n (plural tabuuri)

1. taboo

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

English taboo.

Noun

tabu m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. taboo

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *tapu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tabu/

Noun

tabu n

1. taboo

Related terms

• tabuový
• tabuizova?

References

• tabu in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Noun

tabu n

1. taboo

Declension

Volapük

Noun

tabu

1. predicative singular of tab