The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*qaRaw snatch, take away by force, rob

PAN qaRaw snatch, take away by force, rob

Form.
Kavalan iRaw-an be seized by, taken by force
m-iRaw to rob
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) m-a-HaRa-HaRaw to fight for (as for the ground)
H-em-a-HaRaw take by force, snatch away
Puyuma HaRaw-i snatch it!
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) HaRaw-i snatch it!
Puyuma m-a-HaRa-HaRaw to fight for (as for the ground)
H-em-a-HaRaw take by force, snatch away
WMP
Casiguran Dumagat agew grab, snatch, steal, run off with someone's spouse for a long time or indefinite period
Kapampangan ayaw scramble for something; rob in such a manner
Tagalog ágaw sudden snatching away; deprivation (of property or the like); interposition in conversation (used in narratives)
agaw-án snatching (things) away from each other; competition
Hanunóo ʔágaw grasping, grabbing at (something)
mag-mag-ʔar-agáw-an grab at (plural,intensive)
Kalamian Tagbanwa kalaw snatch away
Aklanon ágaw grab, take, seize, snatch, get (without being one's due)
pa-ágaw throw things for others to catch
ae-agaw-án make a scramble for (in order to take or get)
Hiligaynon mag-ágaw grab, seize, take by force, usurp
Cebuano agáw-an fond of snatching
babáyi-ŋ agaw-ag bána a woman that is a husband-snatcher
ágaw take something away from someone (as a toy from a child)
Binukid agaw grab, seize, snatch, take (something) away from (someone)
Subanen/Subanun gagaw to snatch
Maranao agaw vie; go toward; seek protection; snatch away
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) aɣew seize; grab; illegally take possession of
Mansaka agaw take that which belongs to another (wife, land, etc.)
Kelabit aro snatching'; se-ng-aro 'fight over something
Sangir aho stolen goods, booty, loot
Mongondow o-agow-an what is usually taken in robbery: booty, loot
moko-agow able to, or dare to rob or to take by force
Proto-Sangiric aRaw rob, snatch away
Bikol maki-ágaw jostled, scramble for, push your way ahead
mag-ágaw to snatch

PWMP maŋ-qaRaw snatch, take away by force

WMP
Kelabit ŋ-aro to snatch
Sangir maŋ-aho take away from someone, rob
Mongondow moŋ-agow rob, abduct, take away by force
Bikol maŋ-ágaw go around snatching things

PPh qaRaw-en be snatched away, taken away by force

WMP
Ilokano agáw-en snatch away, off; carry off, take away by violence; obtain by robbing
Hanunóo ʔagáw-un be grabbed at, be snatched
Hiligaynon agáw-un be grabbed, seized, taken by force
Bikol agáw-on be snatched