The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*buCbuC pull up (as weeds), pluck (as feathers)

PAN buCbuC pull up (as weeds), pluck (as feathers)

Form.
Amis fotfot to pull up, as weeds

PMP butbut₂ pull up (as weeds), pluck (as feathers)

WMP
Itbayaten na-votbot hair, grass, etc. which was pulled off (e.g. cogon which was taken for roofing)
votbot idea of pulling out; to dig up (as clothes in a trunk, a pile of papers, etc.)
votbot-an pull out from; that from which something is pulled out
Kalinga bútbut to pull
Kalinga (Guinaang) bútbut to pull
Casiguran Dumagat bötböt pull in a line
Tagalog butbót minute search inside bundles or containers
Binukid butbut take something out of a container, unpack something; come out of a container
Maranao bobot take out from, extract
Mansaka botbot bring out (as an article of clothing to show someone)
Kelabit bubʰut feathers that have been plucked from a chicken; plucking, pulling
Dairi-Pakpak Batak bubut uproot a tree from the earth; pull out tubers
butbut uproot a tree from the earth; pull out tubers
Toba Batak ma-butbut to fall out, of hair, teeth, etc.
mam-butbut pull out, extract (as plants, hair, nails, teeth)
Karo Batak bubut what is extracted, what is pulled out
Balantak bubut pull out
Tae' buʔbuʔ pulling out of weeds, chicken feathers
mem-buʔbuʔ to moult, shed feathers
Makassarese taʔ-buʔbuʔ pulled out, extracted (kris, tooth, nail, etc.)
buʔbuʔ pull out
am-muʔbuʔ pull out, as rice seedlings to be transplanted, a sword from its scabbard
Javanese bubut-bubut pull up by the roots
bubut-bubut suket to uproot grass
Balinese butbut pull out, pluck, extract
bubut pull out, pluck, extract
Bikol butbót look through carefully for something, go through

POC puput pluck (as fruit), strip off (as leaves)

OC
Lau fufu pick fruit
Sa'a huhu pluck, pick off
Motu huhu-a break off banana singly
Arosi huhu to pluck fruit
Tubetube wuwu extract (as fish from a net)
pupu pull off (as leaves from tree)
Rotuman huhu pull up, pull out; (of one's eyes) to take off, withdraw
Fijian cavu i-vuvu-taka to root up entirely
Niue fufu strip off (leaves, bark, etc.)

PPh butbut-en be pulled out, be plucked; what is pulled or plucked out

WMP
Itbayaten votbot-en pull out (weeds, vines, teeth, etc.), uproot; that which is pulled out
Ilokano butbut-én to pick cotton. Separate the cotton from the or pericarp of the boll, which is done with the fingers
Bikol butbot-on look through carefully for something

PMP butbut-i pull out, uproot, pluck

WMP
Tae' buʔbuʔ-i pull out, pluck
Makassarese am-buʔbuk-i ballaʔ-na pull his house up and put it down elsewhere
CMP
Selaru hut-i pull out, extract
Rembong but-i pluck (feathers)

POC puput-i pull out, uproot (as plants); pluck (as hair or feathers)

OC
Hawaiian huk-i to pull, as on a rope; to draw, stretch, reach
huk-i huk-i pull or draw frequently, or by many persons; pull by jerks or continuously, as in the tug-of-war game; to gather, as taro
huhuk-i pull hard or frequently (as in uprooting taro)
Kapingamarangi hud-i to pull
Label hut pluck (feathers), pull out
Mono-Alu fufut-i to take out
Numbami ut-i pluck, pull out, dig out
Bugotu vut-i pluck up by the roots
Lau fūs-i pluck leaves, flowers, fruit; twitch off fruit with a pole
fufus-i pluck
Nggela vut-i pull up, pull out, pull off, pull away, root up
vuvut-i pull out, root out
Sa'a huhus-i pluck, pick off
Arosi hus-i pluck, pull off, as fruit, crab's legs, etc.; to wean
Anuta puput-i pull something up from the ground; stretch something like a piece of rubber
put-i pull in a length of line such as fishing line or anchor line
Rennellese hut-i pull out, pluck, pick; to pull, as taro leaves or gray hairs
huhut-i to pull, as on a fishing line; catch a fish on a line
huhut-i-ʔaki pull one another
Samoan fufut-i play a fish (in reeling it in)
fut-i (of weeds, hair, etc.) pull off; pluck (as a hen)
fut-i-a be plucked
Fijian vuvu root up entirely
vut-ia na malamala extract a splinter
vaka-vut-i-taka pull off old thatch preparatory to putting on new
vut-i-a pluck hair or feathers, pull up weeds
Niue fus-i to draw up (as fish); to hoist (as a flag)
fus-i-aki entice
ma-fus-i plucked out (as hair, etc.)
fus-i-a be drawn, be pulled
fut-i to draw up (as fish); to hoist (as a flag)
Tongan fufus-i to pull roughly or forcibly or too hard or without due care; overstretch
fus-i pull or tug; pull or haul in; pull up or hoist (a flag); pull up or weigh (an anchor); pluck (a fowl, etc.); to stretch
fus-i ika pull in fish (on a line), or a haul of fish caught in this way
fus-i maea tug-of-war: lit. to pull rope
Maori hut-i-ŋa place cleared from weeds in preparation for a crop; things plucked up
hut-i hoist, haul up; pull out of the ground; fish with a line; pluck feathers or hair
huhut-i hoist, haul up; pull out of the ground; fish with a line; pluck feathers or hair
Tolai wut to weed, pull up (as grass, weeds, etc.)

PWMP ka-butbut-an molting, losing hair or feathers

WMP
Itbayaten ka-votbot-an be falling from (as head), lose hair or feathers
Tae' ka-buʔbur-an molting, shedding of fur

PWMP maŋ-butbut to pluck, pull out, uproot

WMP
Kelabit mubʰut to pluck, pull out (as feathers)
Karo Batak mubut to weed, pull up weeds and grass
Javanese mubut-i pull something out by the roots
Balinese mubut to pull out, pluck, extract