The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*sapsap chip off, cut off bit by bit

PWMP sapsap chip off, cut off bit by bit

WMP
Bontok sapsáp to chip wood with an axe or adze; to smooth a rough surface
Ifugaw hapháp act of chopping pieces of wood, especially boards, to make their surface even and smooth, using a knife if no plane is available
Pangasinan sapsáp to chip off, rasp; splinter, chip produced by rasping or adzing wood
Aklanon sápsap chip, piece of; to chip off, get a piece of
Hiligaynon mag-sápsap to chop so as to make even, to smoothen
Cebuano sapsáp to trim down a piece of wood by chipping pieces off (as a stake to make it sharper)
Binukid sapsap to shave the bark or peeling from something (as sugarcane)
Mansaka sapsap to scrape, to trim (as a tree)
Kadazan Dusun sasap to chip off, scrape off bit by bit (as with a knife
Balinese sapsap to wipe off, sweep off; sweep together

PWMP ma-ñapsap to cut off small pieces; to chip off bit by bit

WMP
Toba Batak ma-napsap to cut off (as the ear of a thief)
Karo Batak napsap-i to cut short, of the hair; to scrape off, as the (dykes or bunds) in a paddy field
Old Javanese a-nasap to level, raze to the ground

PWMP s<in>apsap (gloss uncertain)

WMP
Cebuano s<in>apsáp chips of wood which result from this process
Old Javanese s<in>apsap to level, raze to the ground

PWMP sapsap-an (gloss uncertain)

WMP
Ilokano sapsap-án to trim the joints
Balinese sapsap-aŋ be wiped off for someone

PWMP sapsap-en be rasped or cut off (?)

WMP
Ilokano sapsap-én to rasp or scrape
Kadazan Dusun sapsap-on to be cut off (of tree bark)