āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
taboo
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤
excluded from use, mention, or discussion because it is socially or culturally prohibited
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In that community, politics is considered a taboo topic.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
forbidden for profane use, especially in specific traditions like South Pacific islands
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Certain areas of the temple were taboo for commoners.
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ
a topic, term, or action that is forbidden or avoided for religious or cultural reasons
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
It âs considered a taboo to speak about death in some societies.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
02
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ§
a prejudice or prohibition, especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands, that forbids the use or mention of something sacred
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sacred rock was a taboo to the villagers.
āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to taboo
01
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to officially forbid or designate something as off-limits, often for religious, cultural, or ritual reasons
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The chief tabooed hunting in the sacred grove.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
