The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*tabas machete, bolo; chop with a machete

PWMP tabas machete, bolo; chop with a machete

WMP
Itawis tabás long machete or bolo
Casiguran Dumagat tabás to cut down, to lop off (excess plant growth or branches, by hacking with a bolo)
Ilokano tabas-én to cut grass, trim
tabás kind of machete used to cut grass
pa-nabás pa-nabás
tabas-án to clear an area of grass
Ayta Abellan tabah to cut grass
Tagalog t<um>abás to chop; to cut down; to lop off (branches, excess growth, etc.)
tabás cut down; lopped off
Hanunóo tábas cutting down, clearing underbrush and small trees as in preparing a
Central Tagbanwa tabas to prune, to mow, to cut down excess growth
Binukid tabas to cut through something flat
Maranao tabas Maranao bolo
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) tavas a scimitar
Banggai man-tabas to hack, cut; murder
Wolio tabas-i to clear for cultivation, reclaim land
Balinese nabas to chop, cleave, hack (wood), chop til level
Sasak tabas cut, level or smooth, cut off the top