The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*tabad to cut, make an incision

PMP tabad to cut, make an incision

WMP
Tagalog tabád venesection, process of bloodletting

POC tapar to cut, make an incision

OC
Sa'a aha to cut, to score, to notch, to mark by incising
Samoan tafa (of boil, abscess, etc.) cut open, incise