Where does “tambu” come from?

tambu (Tok Pisin) comes from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu.

tambu (Tok Pisin): forbidden, not allowed; holy; in-law

Definitions

  1. forbidden, not allowed; holy; in-law

Ancestry of “tambu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—
2Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesiantambu—

Words derived from “tambu”

Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian tambu →