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tabu

[tə'buː]

= taboo

Examples from texts

But the tabu said you never kissed a whore.
Но негласное табу запрещает целовать проституток.
Jones, James / From Here to EternityДжонс, Джеймс / Отныне и вовек
Отныне и вовек
Джонс, Джеймс
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
From Here to Eternity
Jones, James
© 1951 by James Jones
© renewed 1991 by Gloria Jones, James Anthony Phillipe Jones, and Kaylie Anne Jones
Many of them, dwellers in this northermost fortress of Angien, had never seen one of the Füa before, but all knew them as the stuff of legends and the subject of a powerful tabu.
Многие жители Халлана, самой северной твердыни ангья, до этого фииа никогда не видели, но все знали сказания об этом народе и знали о древнем запрете причинять ему зло.
Le Guin, Ursula / Rocannon's WorldЛе Гуин, Урсула / Планета Роканнона
Планета Роканнона
Ле Гуин, Урсула
© "Техника - молодежи", 1989 г.
Rocannon's World
Le Guin, Ursula
© 1994 by Ursula К. LeGuin
© 1966 by Ace Books, Inc.

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tə'buː= taboo

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Word forms

tabu

noun
SingularPlural
Common casetabutabus
Possessive casetabu'stabus'

tabu

verb
Basic forms
Pasttabued
Imperativetabu
Present Participle (Participle I)tabuing
Past Participle (Participle II)tabued
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I tabuwe tabu
you tabuyou tabu
he/she/it tabusthey tabu
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am tabuingwe are tabuing
you are tabuingyou are tabuing
he/she/it is tabuingthey are tabuing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have tabuedwe have tabued
you have tabuedyou have tabued
he/she/it has tabuedthey have tabued
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been tabuingwe have been tabuing
you have been tabuingyou have been tabuing
he/she/it has been tabuingthey have been tabuing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I tabuedwe tabued
you tabuedyou tabued
he/she/it tabuedthey tabued
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was tabuingwe were tabuing
you were tabuingyou were tabuing
he/she/it was tabuingthey were tabuing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had tabuedwe had tabued
you had tabuedyou had tabued
he/she/it had tabuedthey had tabued
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been tabuingwe had been tabuing
you had been tabuingyou had been tabuing
he/she/it had been tabuingthey had been tabuing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will tabuwe shall/will tabu
you will tabuyou will tabu
he/she/it will tabuthey will tabu
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be tabuingwe shall/will be tabuing
you will be tabuingyou will be tabuing
he/she/it will be tabuingthey will be tabuing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have tabuedwe shall/will have tabued
you will have tabuedyou will have tabued
he/she/it will have tabuedthey will have tabued
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been tabuingwe shall/will have been tabuing
you will have been tabuingyou will have been tabuing
he/she/it will have been tabuingthey will have been tabuing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would tabuwe should/would tabu
you would tabuyou would tabu
he/she/it would tabuthey would tabu
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be tabuingwe should/would be tabuing
you would be tabuingyou would be tabuing
he/she/it would be tabuingthey would be tabuing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have tabuedwe should/would have tabued
you would have tabuedyou would have tabued
he/she/it would have tabuedthey would have tabued
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been tabuingwe should/would have been tabuing
you would have been tabuingyou would have been tabuing
he/she/it would have been tabuingthey would have been tabuing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am tabuedwe are tabued
you are tabuedyou are tabued
he/she/it is tabuedthey are tabued
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being tabuedwe are being tabued
you are being tabuedyou are being tabued
he/she/it is being tabuedthey are being tabued
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been tabuedwe have been tabued
you have been tabuedyou have been tabued
he/she/it has been tabuedthey have been tabued
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was tabuedwe were tabued
you were tabuedyou were tabued
he/she/it was tabuedthey were tabued
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being tabuedwe were being tabued
you were being tabuedyou were being tabued
he/she/it was being tabuedthey were being tabued
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been tabuedwe had been tabued
you had been tabuedyou had been tabued
he/she/it had been tabuedthey had been tabued
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be tabuedwe shall/will be tabued
you will be tabuedyou will be tabued
he/she/it will be tabuedthey will be tabued
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been tabuedwe shall/will have been tabued
you will have been tabuedyou will have been tabued
he/she/it will have been tabuedthey will have been tabued