Borrowing from language__Malay. Dempwolff (1938) reconstructed ‘Uraustronesisch’ *tazak ‘pointed implement’ (spitzes Werkzeug).
| WMP | ||
| Tagalog | tárak | to stab with a knife, dagger or the like, and leave the weapon sticking in the victim |
| Toba Batak | tajak | a machete (said to be from ) |
| Malay | tajak | grass cutter (like a short-handled golf club) |