The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*busbus leak, spill through, stream out from a hole in a container

PMP busbus leak, spill through, stream out from a hole in a container

WMP
Ayta Abellan bohboh to pour
Kapampangan busbus hole or perforation; make holes in, perforate
busbús hole
busbús aruŋ nostril
busbús ipan cavity
Tagalog busbós perforated; incised (surgically)
Hanunóo busbús pouring out of any liquid or granular substance, such as water or rice
Aklanon búsbus tear open, puncture, slit open (as with a knife, a chicken tearing open a sack so that the rice inside gets scattered)
Hiligaynon búsbus cut open, perform a Caesarian operation
Binukid busbus for something to come out of something split open (e.g. rice out of a ripped sack, fecal matter out of the stomach of a pig when it is speared)
Maranao bobos pour out, spawn
bosbos pour out; cause to come out
bobos-aʔ fish net; spawning place
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) busbus pour out; empty out; of a premature birth, to miscarry
b-in-usbus of a slaughtered animal, the fecal matter which is removed from the intestines when they are cleaned preparatory to cooking
Mansaka bosbos pour freely through a hole (as salt)
Kadazan Dusun mo-mubus to pour out
bubus pour out
Acehnese buih leak, leak through an opening; flow, stream
Dairi-Pakpak Batak busbus pierced, perforated from one side to the other, as clothing or thatch
Karo Batak bubus lose blood
Iban bubus holed, pierced (as a shoe by a nail); break through (as a fence)
Malay bobos leaking through one big leak; ajar or agape (of a door); sink or aperture for throwing out rubbish; (slang) very loose, of the bowels
bubus leaking through one big leak; ajar or agape (of a door); sink or aperture for throwing out rubbish; (slang) very loose, of the bowels
Minangkabau mem-bubus to swarm (of flying ants)
Banggai mo-bubus-on stream out, be strewn about
Bare'e me-wusus-i come loose, come apart, of things which are tightly attached
Wolio bubus-i spray, sprinkle
Makassarese bubusuʔ release and fall, fall out of something, fall through, sag or cave in (floor)
bubusuk-i anaʔ-na her child was delivered of its own accord, without the intervention of a midwife
Balinese busbus stream out in crowds; take away, slip away
b-el-usbus stream out, come out together (many people)
Bikol busbós fall from or run out of (as rice from a ripped sack); referring to the spilling out of contents when something is cut open
mag-busbós rip open, slash, slit, tear; to incise
busbós na sáko a leaking sack
CMP
Manggarai wuwus extravagant, prodigal

POC pupus leak, pour out; loose or crumbling; crumble and fall

OC
Roviana vuvusu strew; crumble soil, as in gardening; fall, as dust from a dirty roof, to fall, as leaves of various plants
Kwaio fufu-lu landslide
fufu fall, drip, be loose or crumbling (of soil or a foothold)
'Āre'āre huhu dry, powdery, of powdered substance such as lime
huhus-i-a spill, shake off, of powdered substance
Sa'a huhu leak, drip, pour, spill, of powdered substance
huhu mwakana dry, powdery earth
Motu bubu-ahanai pour from one receptacle to another
Arosi huhu leak, drip, flow out; soak

PWMP busbus-en punctured, perforated so that the contents spill out

WMP
Kapampangan busbús-an bore, pole holes in
Kadazan Dusun bubus-on be poured out
Karo Batak busbus-en bleed profusely from a wound; have a heavy menstrual flow
Bikol busbus-ón ripped open, slashed, slit

POC pupus-a drip or pour out

OC
Kwaio a-fufu-a fall on, drip on
Motu bubu-a spill; pour out

POC pupus-i leak

OC
Lau fufus-i to scatter, powder and scatter
Kilivila bubus-i to leak
Sa'a huhus-i pour on