ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*baqbaq mouth, opening; speak, say

PMP baqbaq mouth, opening; speak, say ⇫ ¶

WMP
Tsat	pha⁵⁵	mouth
Aklanon	báʔbaʔ	mouth
Inati	bebe	mouth
Aborlan Tagbanwa	baʔbaʔ	mouth
Cebuano	báʔbaʔ	mouth; any mouth-like opening
Merap	ɓaː	mouth
Lahanan	baʔ	mouth
Simalur	baʔba	mouth, beak, opening
Karo Batak	babah	mouth, beak, opening
Gaai	wae̯ʔ	mouth
Wahau	wæʔ	mouth
Seru	beba	mouth
Singhi Land Dayak	boba	mouth
Basap	babaʔ	mouth
Maloh	babaʔ	mouth
Bukat	bava	mouth
Mei Lan Modang	wəa̯ʔ	mouth
Woq Helaq Modang	wəa̯ʔ	mouth
Banggai	mbamba	door
	baba	mouth
Bare'e	baba	river mouth
Tae'	baba	opening of a basket, quiver, cooking pot
	baʔba	door
Sundanese	babah	stinking breath
Old Javanese	babah	door, gate, entrance, opening, aperture
Kelai	wæʔ	mouth
Long Gelat Modang	weʔ	mouth
Malagasy	vava	mouth; fig. speech
CMP
Kola	ɸaɸa	mouth
Dobel	fafa	mouth
Fordata	vava	mouth
Selaru	haha	mouth
Leti	wawa	mouth
Helong	baha	mouth
Rotinese	bafa	mouth, beak, orifice, opening; word, to say (metaphorical)

POC papaq₂ mouth ⇫ ¶

OC
Hawaiian	waha	mouth; opening; inner surface of a bowl; open top of a canoe
Nukuoro	haha	mouth odor
Loniu	pʷaha-	mouth
Longgu	vava	speak
Wagawaga	baha	speak
Mota	vava	speak, say
Nokuku	wawa-	mouth
Maori	waha	mouth, entrance

Reconstructions

PMP	baqbaq	mouth, opening; speak, say
POC	papaq₂	mouth

Note

Also Madurese abba ‘bad smell from mouth. In its literal sense as a body part term *baqbaq evidently referred both to the mouths of humans and to the mouths of animals (the beaks of birds being terminologically distinguished from these). In addition there are three other meanings (‘speak, say’, ‘door’, and ‘bad breath’) which appear in geographically separated reflexes. Since better candidates are available for the first two meanings these senses are perhaps best regarded as historically secondary developments, or as figurative usages in PMP or PWMP. Although no other candidate is available for the third meaning, it too is perhaps best treated as convergent. In this connection it is worth noting that Coolsma (1930) gives Sundanese babah as short for bau babah (odor + mouth).