The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*CabCab clap, beat, hack

PAN CabCab clap, beat, hack

Form.
Paiwan ts-m-abtsab clap hands
ma-tsabtsab be beaten repeatedly with open hand (person, wall, etc.)
WMP
Bontok tabtab chop, trim with a bolo
Kapampangan tabtab cutting (sugarcane)
tabtab-an chop off
Tagalog tabtab hew, trim, chip off by hewer or chipping tool (of wood, stone or the like)
Cebuano tabtab hack something off with several blows
Bisaya nantab cut grass
Old Javanese tatab knock on
Javanese tatab pound, beat on something
tatab-an box one another
CMP
Manggarai tatap stamp or press down, force into a small space
Ngadha tata hack to pieces, beat, kill
Rotinese tata split, chop (wood)