different between tabs vs tabu

English

Noun

tabs

1. plural of tab

Verb

tabs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tab

See also

• keep tabs on

Anagrams

• ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bast, Bats, SATB, STAB, TBAs, TBSA, bast, bats, stab

Volapük

Noun

tabs

1. nominative plural of tab

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