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tabu

Bingham

tábu

a. taboo, forbidden, sacred.
n. a taboo.

taábu

n. a tub (ENG).

Sabatier

tabu

n. tub (ENG).

tabu1

n. taboo, tapu: prohibition, interdiction, sacred.
a. forbidden, prohibited (generally used with religious meaning of sacred, consecrated).
see onatabu.
vc. katabua, kaka...: to make sacred, to bless, to consecrate (in Christian sense).

Topics: Spirits, myth and belief