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/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ta‧boe
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
taboe n (plural taboes, diminutive taboetje n)
- taboo, prohibition
Adjective
taboe (not comparable)
- taboo, not allowed
Inflection
| 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 | |||