OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Schapper (2020): Wersing Peitoko

bat[ˈbat]

•  vt. chisel.memahat.

bong batchisel wood, pahat kayu

Etymology: Malay |fn{pahat} 'chisel' via Tetun |fn{bahat} 'chisel'.