taboo

All translations

• lulik
  DIT Tourism & Food Glossary
• tabú
  tetun.org dictionary

Example sentences

• Here in Tasi Tolu, people can’t bathe, as it taboo.

  Iha Tasi Tolu nenee, ema la bele hariis, tanba tasi ne'e lulik.

• You can't eat the fruit yet, because it is still under the horok taboo. You can only eat the fruit once the king removes the horok.

  La bele han ai-fuan ne'e lai, tanba sei tara hela horok. Aban liurai sei hasai horok mak bele han.

Examples from the 90,000+ sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “taboo”

• Here in Tasi Tolu, people can’t bathe, as it taboo.Iha Tasi Tolu nenee, ema la bele hariis, tanba tasi ne'e lulik.
• You can't eat the fruit yet, because it is still under the horok taboo. You can only eat the fruit once the king removes the horok.La bele han ai-fuan ne'e lai, tanba sei tara hela horok. Aban liurai sei hasai horok mak bele han.