Meanings (ES + gloss)
tabú
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
It is true indeed that a taboo - in order to be a proper taboo - must not rest in the general mind on argument or reason.
So among the Alfoors of the island of Buru it is taboo to mention the names of parents and parents-in-law, or even to speak of common objects by words which resemble these names in…
tabú
Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.