"tabu" meaning in Estonian

See tabu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɑb̥u/, [ˈtɑb̥u]
Rhymes: -ɑbu Etymology: From English taboo, from Tongan tapu (“prohibited”). Etymology templates: {{bor|et|en|taboo}} English taboo, {{der|et|to|tapu||prohibited}} Tongan tapu (“prohibited”) Head templates: {{head|et|nouns|genitive|tabu|||partitive|tabu|||cat2=|f1accel-form=gen|s|f1request=1|f2accel-form=gen|s|f3accel-form=par|s|f3request=1|f4accel-form=par|s|head=}} tabu (genitive tabu, partitive tabu), {{et-noun|tabu|tabu}} tabu (genitive tabu, partitive tabu) Inflection templates: {{et-decl-elu|tabu}} Forms: tabu [genitive], tabu [partitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tabu [nominative, singular], tabud [nominative, plural], tabu [accusative, nominative, singular], tabud [accusative, nominative, plural], tabu [accusative, genitive, singular], tabud [accusative, genitive, plural], tabu [genitive, singular], tabude [genitive, plural], tabu [partitive, singular], tabusid [partitive, plural], tappu [illative, singular], tabusse [illative, singular], tabudesse [illative, plural], tabus [inessive, singular], tabudes [inessive, plural], tabust [elative, singular], tabudest [elative, plural], tabule [allative, singular], tabudele [allative, plural], tabul [adessive, singular], tabudel [adessive, plural], tabult [ablative, singular], tabudelt [ablative, plural], tabuks [singular, translative], tabudeks [plural, translative], tabuni [singular, terminative], tabudeni [plural, terminative], tabuna [essive, singular], tabudena [essive, plural], tabuta [abessive, singular], tabudeta [abessive, plural], tabuga [comitative, singular], tabudega [comitative, plural]
  1. taboo Derived forms: tabuline, tabustama, tabusõna, tabuteema
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      "form": "no gradation",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "17/elu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "tabu",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "tabude",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabusid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tappu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
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      ]
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      "form": "tabus",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "tabust",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabudest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabult",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabudelt",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "tabuks",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "tabudeks",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabuni",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "tabudeni",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabuna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "essive",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabudena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabuta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabudeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabuga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabudega",
      "source": "declension",
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        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "8": "tabu",
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      ]
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        "1": "tabu"
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  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "tabustama"
        },
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        },
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          "word": "tabuteema"
        }
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          "taboo",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɑb̥u/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɑb̥u]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑbu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tabu"
}
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      "word": "tabuline"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabustama"
    },
    {
      "word": "tabusõna"
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    {
      "word": "tabuteema"
    }
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      "form": "no gradation",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tabu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "tabud",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tabu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabude",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabusid",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tappu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabusse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudesse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "illative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabust",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudest",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "elative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabule",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "allative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabul",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabult",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudelt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabuks",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "translative"
      ]
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      "form": "tabudeks",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "translative"
      ]
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      "form": "tabuni",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "form": "tabuna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "essive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabuta",
      "source": "declension",
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        "abessive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudeta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "abessive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabuga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabudega",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comitative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Estonian terms derived from English",
        "Estonian terms derived from Tongan",
        "Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɑb̥u/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈtɑb̥u]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑbu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tabu"
}

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