OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

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

Page number: 109

*təbas

•  to chop (down).

Note: Bantik tabasaʔ to hack down (e.g. scrub to make gardens); Ratahan tuβás to chop, hack; fight with sword (PPh *təbas fell, cut; PAN (Blust) (Ct)əbas close the harvest].