| Form. | ||
| Paiwan | tapaw | house in fields |
| ta-tapav-an | trace or ruin of where a single house formerly stood | |
| WMP | ||
| Itbayaten | sapaw-an | ridgepole, ridgepiece (one of the pillars attached to roof of house) |
| Ilokano | sápaw | shade, shelter, screen, cover hut |
| mannápaw | nonvenomous snake found in thatched roofs of temporary huts, built for watching crops and afterwards abandoned | |
| Ida'an Begak | sapow | roof |
| Belait | sapaw | thatch, roof |
| Bintulu | sapaw | roof |
| sapaw raʔun | roof; thatch | |
| Kelabit | apo | roof |
| Melanau (Mukah) | sapaw | palm-leaf thatch |
| Karo Batak | sapo-sapo juma | field hut |
| sapo rumah | rice granary on poles | |
| sapo page | rice granary on poles | |
| Malay | sapau | temporary hut put up for the night by travellers in the jungle |
| Kayan | hapau | leaf thatch of roof |
| Ngaju Dayak | sapaw | roof |
| Ma'anyan | hapaw | roof |
| Buginese (dial.) | sapo | fence |
| sappo | bamboo structure around a well so one may bathe unobserved | |
| Buginese | sao | house |
| Makassarese | sapo | house |
| Popalia | sapo | house |
| Proto-South Sulawesi | sapo | house |