The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*sintak pull, jerk at something

PWMP sintak pull, jerk at something

WMP
Tagalog sinták a game of toss and catch such as jackstones; pulling at or out with a jerk; the jerky, shaking motion in separating milled rice from the unmilled on a flat basket or sieve; a kind of fishing pole and line used especially by Visayan fishermen; pulsation of the heart
Cebuano sinták pull a fishline or a line attached to a trap with a jerk
Toba Batak sintak suddenly; pulled out with a jerk; yanked up; be struck by lightning
Malay tidur tər-sentak to start in one’s sleep
sentak to jerk
Pendau sintaɁ to grab, rob
Minangkabau sintak to jerk
Banggai mon-sintak to pull, snare something
sintak to pull, jerk, snare
Ngaju Dayak sintak a jerk (when pulling something)
Proto-Sangiric sintak to lift
Proto-South Sulawesi sintak rapid, sudden movement