This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly from a prefixed form of ฮูตัด(hutat, “forest; wild”)”
Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 112
