| WMP | ||
| Tausug | lumbiya | sago flour (a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the sago palm) |
| Sangir | humbia | sago palm |
| Simalur | rumbio | sago palm, Metroxylon Rumphii L. |
| Toba Batak | rumbia | sago palm |
| Karo Batak | rumbia | sago palm |
| Malay | rumbia | sago palm, Metroxylon sagus or M. rumphii. The pith of the palm is the sago of commerce which is not much liked by Malays as a foodstuff ... but its leaves make an excellent roofing thatch, considered superior to the usual thatch |
| Minangkabau | rumbio | sago palm |
| Tae' | rumbia | a large Colocasia taro with tall stem; the leaves are cooked as pig fodder |
| Wolio | rumbia | sago palm, Metroxylon sagu |
| Muna | rumbia | sago tree (the leaves are used for roofing; and the pith of the stalk is eaten, but rarely) |
| Makassarese | rumbia | sago palm |
| Malagasy | rufía | a palm used for various purposes; the midrib of the leaf is employed for the poles in making palanquins; the fiber from the young leaves is used as string, for which purpose it is exported under the name of raphia grass; from the stem a sweet liquid called is obtained, which is drunk by the natives; the shell of the fruit is employed as a receptable for small articles |
| Palawano | gumbya | sago palm |
| CMP | ||
| Manusela | ipia | sago |
| Larike | dupia | sago |