The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*babaw₃ upper surface, top; highlands; on, upon, over, above

PAN babaw₃ upper surface, top; highlands; on, upon, over, above

Form.
Kavalan ta babaw above
babaw upper surface, upper part, top
Saisiyat babaw above, overhead
Atayal babaw surface; on top of, above; later, get ahead, cross over
Pazeh babaw above, upon
Amis fafaw headwaters, source of a river; leaders with higher rank
Paiwan vavaw up, above
WMP
Kapampangan bábo up, upstairs, above
Hanunóo bábaw surface, top, uppermost surface; mountains, as opposed to lowlands; in the mountains; source, referring to a river; upstream
Cebuano babáw place up somewhere
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) di-vavew upon, over, above
Palauan bab area or space above; top; surface
Nias bawõ highland, plateau; upper surface; on, upon
Banggai babo high-rising forest
Bare'e wawo upper surface, upper part; the outside of something
Tae' babo topmost layer of rice that has been cooked; fontanel of a child
Padoe vavo above
Moronene hai vavo above
Wolio bawo top, upper side
Bikol bábaw place something over or put something on top
CMP
Soboyo fafo-ñ upper surface, upper part; top sheet of the sail
Alune baba above, on top
Paulohi haha upper side
Buruese fafa-n (something's) top part
Asilulu haha summit, top
Larike haha peak, top of something
Selaru haha on, upon (< *)
Leti waw-na on, upon (< *)
Bimanese wawo peak, summit; on top of
Sika bawo up, above
Ngadha vavo atmosphere, surface (as of water); above, on, over
Rotinese bafa-k upper surface of a liquid

POC papo₁ above; outside

OC
Hawaiian waho outside, beyond, out, outer, outward
Gilbertese ao the upper part of, the surface, the outside, the back, the exterior
Lau fafo-ʔile beyond the reef, outside
fafo the top; on, above
Sa'a haho above, used with locative ( 'above you'); uplands; wash-boards on gunwale of an overseas canoe
Arosi haho above, upon, over
Rennellese haho outside
Samoan fafo outside, out of doors; overseas
Maori waho the outside; the open sea; the coast, as opposed to inland

PAN i babaw above, on top of

Form.
Saisiyat ʔi babaw high; above
Saaroa i-vavu above, up
Paiwan i vavaw upon
WMP
Tagalog im-bábaw superficially
i-bábaw upper crust or surface
Romblomanon i-bābaw a position above; the top of someone, something, of two or more things piled one on top of the other
pa-ʔi-bābaw someone’s or somethings’s going to the top, going up
Aklanon i-bábaw top, uppermost part; upstairs
Cebuano pa-i-bábaw to soar up (as a crow trying to escape a hawk)
babáw place up somewhere
ma-i-bábaw be the part on top
i-bábaw place high up; a place on top of something; high
Karo Batak i-babo up, above, on top of
Bikol i-bábaw on top, on the surface

POC i papo above, on the top

OC
Marshallese i-oo on, upon; top, surface, over
Lau i-fafo above
i fafo-na on the top
Sa'a i-haho over, above
Mota i-vawo upon