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”)
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[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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[edit]Noun
[edit]tambu