ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*buhat₂ do, make, create, perform; to work; to wager: deed; thing; creation; behavior, conduct, performance; work; a bet; because, on account of, through the action of; need, use for something; necessary; for (benefactive)

PMP buhat₂ do, make, create, perform; to work; to wager: deed; thing; creation; behavior, conduct, performance; work; a bet; because, on account of, through the action of; need, use for something; necessary; for (benefactive) ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ilokano	buát	behavior, deportment, conduct, carriage
	na-imbág ti buát-na	elegant, easy, graceful, fine, nice, pleasing
Hanunóo	ti b-um-wát índa	the one who did this
	pag-buwát baláy	making a house
	buwát	making, doing; deed; construction; because of, on account of
	buwát ínit	because of the sun, on account of the sun
Aklanon	b-in-úhat	creature, creation
	tag-búhat	craftsman, creator
	Mag-bu-búhat	Creator
	búhat	to make, do, work; create
	b-ue-uhát-on	work, deed
Hiligaynon	búhat	do, make, perform
Cebuano	búhat	do something, do work; make, construct, create; something made; work, job, deed
	pa-múhat	business of making something
	b-in-úhat	creature
	buhat-búhat	do a variety of small chores
Binukid	buhat	deed, act; do, make something (as baskets, hats, a mortar from a tree), perform
	b-ul-uhat-en	activities, work
Acehnese	buët	work, occupation, business; matter, affair, question, concern; action, way of acting; behavior, conduct, deed; suitable
Kelabit	buat	character, personality
Iban	buat	invent a story, make something up
Malay	buat	performance; making; to do. Sometimes in the sense of actual construction ( = of Siamese make), but often with a suggestion of artificiality or make-believe, or construction by magic
Tae'	napo-buaʔ	it was done by, it was brought about through, it happened because of, on account of, through the operation of
	buaʔ	use, sense, meaning
	paʔka-buaʔ-na	through its action, its performance
Mandar	buaʔ	for (someone)
Buginese	buaʔ	use, need, purpose
Makassarese	buaʔ	profitable to use, of something that lasts long, or from which much can be distributed; grow rapidly, of something which requires little effort; what one mutters at the inception or setting-up of something (to insure its success); to make (Salayar; poetic); benefit, use, profit (archaic)
Sundanese	sa-buat	busy with; in the meanwhile
	buat	to do, to make; make or model of something
	bu-buat-an	what one gets, what one brings about
Bahasa Indonesia	buat	for (someone), because of
Balinese	buat	thing, matter, subject; necessary, needed; bet, wager
	buat-in	be bet, be wagered (money)
	pa-bwat	for, because of, instead of
	buat-an	be wagered (money)
	buat-né	(its matter) concerning, about, for
Malagasy	vóatra	prepared, arranged, made ready
	vóa-bazáha	the work introduced by foreigners
CMP
Kamarian	hua	throw out money (as a wager) in a top-spinning competition
Rembong	buat	deed, action, work
Ngadha	vua	work for someone
Tetun	fua	do

POC buat make, create, invent ⇫ ¶

OC
Lau	bua	to plan, invent, create; make an island

POC puat₃ for the purpose of; in order to ⇫ ¶

OC
Lau	fua	to, for, to his advantage or disadvantage; to, towards; for the purpose of; in order to; to; that; with; by means of

PWMP b<in>uhat-an was done, was loaded ⇫ ¶

WMP
Hanunóo	b-in-wát-an	was made, was done
Old Javanese	w-in-wat-an	to load something (with pack)

PMP buhat-an₂ made, created; thing made or created ⇫ ¶

WMP
Cebuano	buhat-án	place of work, office
Sundanese	buat-an	make, model
	bu-buat-an	make, model; what is obtained, what is brought about
Bahasa Indonesia	buat-an	what is made; result of work; way of making
Balinese	buat-aŋ	regard as important, pay attention to, emphasize, regard as necessary

POC buat-an made, created ⇫ ¶

OC
Lau	bua-a	newly made, invented, created

PWMP ka-buhat do, bring about, change something ⇫ ¶

WMP
Binukid	ka-buhat	to change, turn, transform, make something into something else (e.g. tadpole into frog)
Nias	a-wuʔa	change location, emigrate; alter, change
Tae'	ka-buaʔ	to do, bring about, usually in the sense of performing an action that causes damage to something

PWMP maR-buhat make, do, perform ⇫ ¶

WMP
Hanunóo	mag-buwát	make, do
Hiligaynon	mag-búhat	do, make, perform
Bahasa Indonesia	ber-buat	do, perform something

PWMP paR-buhat-an deed, action, performance ⇫ ¶

WMP
Toba Batak	par-buat-an	source of gain or acquisition, work; source of misfortune
Bahasa Indonesia	per-buat-an	what is done, what is carried out

PWMP paR-buhat-en things that have been made, created objects ⇫ ¶

WMP
Hanunóo	pag-buát-un	that which is being made, being done
Toba Batak	par-buat-on	goods, wealth

PWMP buhat apa why, for what reason ⇫ ¶

WMP
Mandar	buaʔ apa	why, for what reason
Bahasa Indonesia	buat apa	why? For what reason or purpose?

Reconstructions

PMP	buhat₂	do, make, create, perform; to…
POC	buat	make, create, invent
POC	puat₃	for the purpose of; in order…
PWMP	b<in>uhat-an	was done, was loaded
PMP	buhat-an₂	made, created; thing made or…
POC	buat-an	made, created
PWMP	ka-buhat	do, bring about, change…
PWMP	maR-buhat	make, do, perform
PWMP	paR-buhat-an	deed, action, performance
PWMP	paR-buhat-en	things that have been made,…
PWMP	buhat apa	why, for what reason

Note

Also Amis fohat ‘to open, of smaller items; to uncover’; ka-fohat-an ‘an opening’, Buginese boa ‘build a house’, Tetun buat ‘thing, object’, foat ‘do’. PMP *_buhat_₂ evidently was an all-purpose verb of general action (doing, making, creating, performing, working), which also represented the nominal counterparts of these actions together with secondary senses of cause, need and benefit deriving from performative acts. It appears to have been distinct from *_buhat_₃, although both have a wide range of referents.