The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Words for tear open, rip in PWMP

Ritas

Roots
*-tas
PMP
PMP Retas rip
betas tear, rip
rutas sever, tear
ketas cut (a knot, etc.)
PWMP
PWMP bentas cut open, cut through
getas break, break off
Ritas tear open, rip
tastas tear off
retas split (of a seam)
pitas cut off, break
utas sever, divide
bitas tear, rip
ritas tear off, separate
tas crack, snap!
butas cut through
WMP
Kankanaey piŋsát tear, rend, lacerate, rip up
lísat to crack, as when tearing up cloth
kísat sound of tearing up cloth
Tagalog bagtás passage or trail across wilderness
bigtás unstitched
agtás an opening that is a possible path in dense forests
Cebuano baktás cut across (take a short cut)
Tiruray fagutas game in which contestants cut through a bundle of reeds with one stroke of a bolo
Dairi-Pakpak Batak burtas break, of a dyke or dam
Rejang nitas take a shortcut
Bikol rugtás pull or tear apart
PCMP
PCMP tetas snap, break off
CMP
Manggarai detas cut something that is tied til it comes loose