OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Sneddon (1984a): Proto-Sangiric

Page number: 63

*əbut

•  to pull out.

Note: Sangir əbu, Talaud abbuta, Ratahan uβúʔ to pull out (hair, plants, etc.) [cf. PPh *Rabut rip loose/out; Malay rəbut snatch, seize].