The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value bataŋ

Language:
Tae'
Parameter:
trunk, log; bar; stalk, stem; fungus on decaying wood that glows in the dark; main point, most important thing in the death ritual (= sacrificial offering of a carabao); corpse, victim (in battle, in encounters with wild animals, of fast-flowing rivers that drown people) [22b6ba74114db33585a42cdadb59bba2]
References
van der Veen 1940