The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*kubu field hut in the rice fields

PMP kubu field hut in the rice fields

WMP
Ilokano kubó hut, cottage; kind of mudfish trap
Ayta Abellan kobo small shelter
Tagalog kúbo a hut shaped like a cube; a one room country dwelling
Tombonuwo kubu fortress
Toba Batak hubu entrenchment, fortification that the beleaguered inhabitants of a village erect against the enemy
Karo Batak ŋ-k<er>ubu-i to surround and attack
ŋ-kubu to surround
Malay kubu stockade; semi-permanent fortification, of wooden defenses strengthened with earthwork (masonry forts are ); small hut or shelter
Old Javanese kuwu dwelling, housing, quarters, lodgings (often of temporarily erected housing or buildings at feasts or pleasure trips); tents, encampment; but also residence of (high official in the court), (king’s counselor, minister)
Javanese kuwu village military official in charge of water
pa-kuwo-n military encampment; home or estate of the above official; village
Balinese kubu free-standing hut, almost always the hut built on his rice fields by the owner
Sasak kubu field hut
CMP
Sika kuwu small hut in the fields