| Form. | ||
| Kavalan | m-taw-tawa | to laugh repeatedly |
| m-tawa | to laugh | |
| Saisiyat | sawa | laugh |
| s-om-awa | to laugh | |
| Amis | tawa | generic for laugh with positive and negative meanings |
| ma-tawa | to laugh | |
| paka-tawa-en | make someone laugh | |
| Siraya | mat-tawa | to laugh |
| WMP | ||
| Tagalog | táwa | laughter (REDUP) |
| Cebuano | tawá | jovial of face or visage (/, , ) |
| Berawan (Long Terawan) | tabeh | to laugh |
| Berawan (Long Teru) | tava | to laugh |
| Bintulu | bə-taba | to laugh |
| taba | laughing | |
| Kenyah | tawa | laughter |
| Melanau Dalat (Kampung Teh) | tətawa | to laugh |
| Melanau Dalat | tətawa | to laugh |
| Singhi Land Dayak | tawix | laugh |
| Bidayuh (Bukar-Sadong) | tawuh | laughter, a laugh; to laugh, scoff at |
| Moronene | mo-to-taa | to laugh |
| Proto-South Sulawesi | tawa | to laugh |
| CMP | ||
| Kédang | tawe | to laugh, laugh at |
| Palu'e | tawa | to laugh |
| Rembong | tawa | to laugh, laugh at |
| Manggarai | tawa | to laugh, laugh at |
| Riung | tawa | to laugh |
| Li'o | tawa | to laugh |
| Ngadha | tawa | rejoice, be glad, laugh |
| Keo | tawa | to laugh |
| Form. | ||
| Thao | ma-cacawa | to laugh |
| pa-cacawa | to smile | |
| ca-cawa | laugh | |
| Tsou | co-cvo | laugh; to laugh |
| Rukai | ma-ca-cava | to laugh |
| WMP | ||
| Ifugaw | ta-táwa | laughter; to laugh conveys a passive meaning, since the duplicated word-base takes the prefix or , never the prefix or |
| Tagalog | ka-ta-tawa-n-an | something humorous, laughable |
| Melanau (Mukah) | te-tawa | to laugh |
| Maloh | ta-tawa | to laugh |
| Ngaju Dayak | ta-tawE | laughing; to laugh |
| WMP | ||
| Agta (Central Cagayan) | meg-ke-tewe | to laugh |
| Tausug | mag-ka-tawa | to laugh |