The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*kau₂ to catch, as with a hook

POC kau₂ to catch, as with a hook ⇫

OC
Manam kau to catch something with a hook
kau-la a fish hook
Bugotu kau to be caught, hung up, entangled
Lau kau to be caught in, as hook in mouth
Nggela kau-vagi cause to stick
kau-li to stick in
kau to stick fast, as a spear, ball in a tree, hook on rock; entangled, as a line around rocks; to hook
'Āre'āre kau-a to hook, catch hold of
Sa'a käu ~ käukeu to clutch hold of, of thorny creepers; to catch old of with a crook
i-keu to pull a thing out of the eye
Keapara kau hook
Arosi kau-haʔi to catch on, be hooked by
kau to catch and hold, as a shirt in a nail; a crook for pulling down fruit; a thorny, flax-like plant
Mota kau-t to catch hold and pluck
kau to catch hold, as with a claw