The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*sau₃ wingbone of flying fox, used in tattooing; tattoo

POC sau₃ wingbone of flying fox, used in tattooing; tattoo ⇫

OC
Lou sou-n pwik wingbone of flying fox, used as a sewing needle
Arosi tau bat’s bone for tattooing
Rennellese ta-tau tattooing
Samoan ta-tau tattooing
Niue tā-ta-tau to let blood surgically; to tattoo
Tongan tā-ta-tau to tattoo