| Form. | ||
| Puyuma | ma a ŋayaw | (of many people) to go headhunting |
| ka-ŋayaw-an | headhunting festival | |
| ŋayaw | headhunting | |
| Puyuma (Tamalakaw) | ma a ŋayaw | (of many people) to go headhunting |
| WMP | ||
| Merap | kayao̯ | headhunting |
| WMP | ||
| Isneg | káyaw | headhunting |
| Casiguran Dumagat | ŋayɔ | raider; a killing raid; to attack a house or village for the purpose of killing |
| Manobo (Western Bukidnon) | kayew | be in readiness to fight |
| Kenyah | kayaw | a warrior |
| Kayan (Uma Juman) | kayo | post-harvest ceremony for the ritual purification of weapons |
| Karo Batak | ŋ-kayo-i | attack someone, plunder a conquered village |
| Iban | kayaw | raiding, war, foray because of a feud, headhunting |
| Maloh | kayo | to hunt heads |
| Kayan | kayo | post-harvest ceremony for the ritual purification of weapons |
| kayaw | war; headhunting raid; pagan ceremony simulating battle with spirits, performed in old customs by (shaman) | |
| Ngaju Dayak | kayaw | headhunter |
| Boano | kayo | headhunting |
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| Isneg | maŋáyaw | go headhunting |
| Ifugaw | ŋáyo | headhunting raid, revenge expedition |
| ŋ-um-āyaw | waylay an enemy … for the purpose of taking a head in revenge | |
| ŋāyaw | for a group of men … to go on a headhunting raid (a raiding party traditionally consisted of about five to ten men, usually from a single clan) | |
| ŋáyaw | headhunting raid, revenge expedition | |
| Ifugaw (Batad) | ŋāyaw | for a group of men … to go on a headhunting raid (a raiding party traditionally consisted of about five to ten men, usually from a single clan) |
| ŋ-um-āyaw | waylay an enemy … for the purpose of taking a head in revenge | |
| Tboli | ŋayaw | (of people) to raid at night, to kill and take things |
| Manobo (Western Bukidnon) | meŋayaw | a raider |
| Kenyah | ŋayaw | go headhunting |
| Iban | ŋayaw | make war on |
| Kayan | ŋayo | go headhunting |
| Ngaju Dayak | ma-ŋañaw | go headhunting |
| Boano | maŋayo | go headhunting |