tambu

== English == === Adjective === tambu (not comparable) Alternative form of taboo (“culturally forbidden”). === Noun === tambu (plural tambus) Alternative form of taboo (“cultural prohibition”). === Anagrams === Batum == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu (compare taboo). In some Papuan cultures, speaking the names of in-laws is forbidden. === Adjective === tambu forbidden, not allowed holy ==== Derived terms ==== tambuim === Noun === tambu taboo in-law