Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *tambu

→ English taboo (derived)

→ English kapu (derived)

→ Fijian tabu (inherited)

→ Hawaiian kapu (inherited)

→ Indonesian tabu (derived)

→ Kazakh табу (derived)

→ Marshallese jabwi (inherited)

→ Maori tapu (inherited)

→ Dutch taboe (derived)

→ Tok Pisin tambu (derived)