ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*tebek pierce, stab

PAN tebek pierce, stab ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	tbeq	stab
WMP
Itbayaten	atbek	injection
	atbek-en	to bore through, to prick, to inject
Isneg	tabbáʔ	be cut by an edged instrument; to string, to thread (beads, tobacco leaves, pieces of meat, etc.)
Bontok	təbə́k	stick or wire used for piercing, as in order to test if food is cooked; to pierce, as food to see if it is cooked, or pieces of meat when stringing them together
Kankanaey	tebék	to bore; to drill; to perforate; to pierce; to run through (with a spear, sharp stick, etc.)
Ibaloy	tebek	injection with medicine
	te-tbek-en	to puncture, stick in something (as bait for trap)
Hanunóo	tubuk	awl
Tboli	tebek	fork; any sharp instrument
Agutaynen	ma-nebek	to catch sea worms, octopuses, etc. by sticking a sharp stick into their holes to pierce them
	mag-tebek	to stick a needle, pin into something; to thread a needle
Cebuano	tubúk	poke at a point; put a period or dot
Maranao	tebek	poke, prod with sharp point; aim; stitch
Tiruray	tebek	to prick, to inject something or someone
Kadazan Dusun	tobok	to stab; push a knife or other sharp object into something
Kelabit	tebʰek	mark left by piercing; pierced (as by needle, knife)
Melanau (Mukah)	tebek	stab, stabbing
Karo Batak	tebek	pointed, sharp, as a dibble stick
Iban	tebak	pierce, prick, be pricked (as by a thorn)
Malay	tebak	iron crowbar used for stone-breaking by Sumatran miners
Ponosakan	towok	to stab
Nias	towo	shave, cut with a razor
Mongondow	mo-tobok	poke holes in something thin (as leather)
Kayan	tevek	cut the throat (as of a slaughtered pig)
Balantak	tobok	to stab
Banggai	tobok	prick, pierce, stick (with a weapon)
Bare'e	tobo	pointed, sharp, as a beak or the point of a knife
Buginese	tebbaʔ	notch or incise, as a tree
Wolio	tobok-i	stab with kris (dagger)
Old Javanese	tewek	a pointed weapon for stabbing
	tuwek	kris
Balinese	tebek	stab, make a hole in something, make a hole in the ground for planting seedlings; a hole in the ground for a seedling
Sasak	tebek	cut deeply, pierce deeply
Malagasy	tevika	a stitch; a bore in the lobe of the ear
Bikol	tabok	lance a boil; wound a fighting cock with a spur (of the opponent cock)
CMP
Ujir	tafak	to stab
Yamdena	tebak	sting, prick, spear; point out, decide
SHWNG
Buli	tepa	tusks of a boar or elephant; pierce or wound with a tusk

PWMP tebek-en be pierced, be stabbed ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	tabba-ān	to string, to thread (beads, tobacco leaves, pieces of meat, etc.)
Bontok	təbk-ə́n	pierced
Kankanaey	tebk-én	bored, drilled, perforated
Mongondow	into tobok-on	the one who will undergo the ceremony of ear-piercing
Bikol	tabok-ón	lanced, wounded
Malagasy	teveh-ina	be bored, be pierced

PWMP t<in>ebek was pierced, was stabbed ⇫ ¶

WMP
Isneg	s-im-baʔ	string of beads
Kelabit	s-i-bʰek	was pierced, was stabbed
Melanau (Mukah)	t-i-bek	was stabbed

PAN t<um>ebek to pierce, to stab ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	t<um>beq	to stab
WMP
Cebuano	tu-m-buk	poke a finger or something pointed at something; point out, pinpoint
Bintulu	t-um-bək	to stab
Melanau (Mukah)	t-u-bek	to stab
Old Javanese	t-um-uwek	stab with a kris

PWMP maŋ-tebek to pierce, to stab ⇫ ¶

WMP
Kelabit	nebʰek	pierce, stab
Mongondow	mo-nobok	the ceremony of ear-piercing
Sasak	nebek	cutting deeply (of an instrument)

Reconstructions

PAN	tebek	pierce, stab
PWMP	tebek-en	be pierced, be stabbed
PWMP	t<in>ebek	was pierced, was stabbed
PAN	t<um>ebek	to pierce, to stab
PWMP	maŋ-tebek	to pierce, to stab

Note

Also Cebuano tubúk ‘poke at a point; put a period or dot’, Ngaju Dayak tewek ‘be stabbed (with a knife or dagger; with a lance: puno)’, Karo Batak tebak ‘to pierce with a knife’, Tae' tibok ‘stab with a knife or kris’, tobok ‘stab with a knife or kris’, Makassarese toboʔ ‘kris’, Wolio tobo ‘kris’, tobok-i ‘stab with a kris’, Bimanese tuɓa ‘to lance, pierce with a lance or similar sharp weapon; stab’, Rembong tewak ‘stab into the earth; dig up tubers with a hoe’, Lamaholot tubak ‘stab’.

Dempwolff's (1934-38) inclusion of Fijian teve ‘circumcise’, Tongan tefe ‘circumcise’, Samoan tefe ‘circumcise’ is unconvincing, and cognates in Oceanic languages are still unknown. This morpheme evidently referred to piercing with a sharp, pointed implement which made only a dot-like perforation as opposed to a longitudinal incision. It applied to soft or pliant surfaces (apparently not to boring through wood or other hard material), and included e.g. the piercing of ear-lobes and soft tubers, the skewering of materials to be strung stitching with a needle, perforating with an awl, stabbing into flesh, and dibbling in soft soil.