The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*cabut pull out with force

PMP cabut pull out with force

WMP
Itbayaten savot-en to pull not purposefully, of small plants (grass, vegetables)
Toba Batak ma-narbut-i to pluck, pull out
s<um>arbut to borrow
Iban cabut take out, pull out or up (as grass); withdraw, subtract
Malay cabut extraction by force (but not with needless violence), of rooting up plants, pulling teeth, drawing a ring off a finger, or pulling a card out of a pack
Balinese ñabot to pull up plants, pluck out (hair, feathers)
Proto-Minahasan sabut pluck out, pull out

POC saput to pull out; uproot

OC
Fijian cavu-ta to pull up, eradicate
ta-cavu uprooted, pulled out (not always of itself)