| WMP | ||
| Cebuano | gawáy | tentacle |
| Muna | gawe-gawe | fringe, appendage (on clothes, fish) |
| Bikol | gáway | poisonous tentacles of the jellyfish |
| OC | ||
| Hawaiian | ʔawe | tentacle |
| ʔaweʔawe | tentacles; runners, as on a vine | |
| Marshallese | ko | octopus tentacles; rays of the sun |
| Chuukese | óó | tentacle of octopus or squid |
| Kapingamarangi | gawe bilibili | tentacle of octopus |
| Sa'a | ka-kawe | tentacles of octopus; branching of the fingers of the human hand |
| Motu | gave | feelers of octopus |
| Samoan | ʔave | tentacle of octopus |
| Tongan | kave | tentacle of cuttlefish or octopus |
| Maori | kawekawe | tentacles of a cuttlefish; tendrils of a creeper, fringe on a mat, etc. |