The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*lawaq₂ spider; spiderweb

PAN lawaq₂ spider, spiderweb

Form.
Siraya rawa spider
Puyuma (Tamalakaw) waraH spiderweb
Puyuma waraH spiderweb

PMP lawaq₂ spider, spiderweb

WMP
Itbayaten ax-xaawa spider
Ilokano lawwa-lawwá spider
Romblomanon lāwaʔ spider
Masbatenyo láwaʔ spider
Kalamian Tagbanwa lawak spider
Aklanon eáwaʔ spider
Waray-Waray láwaʔ spider
Hiligaynon láwaʔ spiderweb
Palawan Batak láwaʔ spider
Cebuano láwaʔ spider
Binukid la-lawaʔ spider (generic)
Maranao la-lawaʔ spider
Manobo (Western Bukidnon) kele-lawaʔ spider
Mansaka lawaʔ spider, spiderweb
Mapun lawaʔ spider
Tausug lawaʔ spider
Lun Dayeh ke-lawaʔ spider
Nias law̃a spider
Mongondow tonto-ḷawaʔ spider
Tajio paŋga-lafa spider
Banggai loa spider
Kapuas ganda-lawaʔ spider
Ngaju Dayak lawa small yellow spider that is eaten, and which tastes like a sea crab; spiderweb
Ma'anyan lawaʔ spider
Tae' laa spider
Sundanese lancah spider
imah lancah spiderweb (lit. ‘house of the spider’)
ŋa-lancah do as a spider does (not work, wait around expecting that the means of subsistence will arrive on their own)
Bikol láwaʔ spider
CMP
Alune kʷala spider
Larike lawa spider
Dobel llakʷa spider
SHWNG
Buli kopo-law spider
Minyaifuin pi-law spider
OC
Leipon we-law spiderweb
Kuruti omʷe-n oh-low spiderweb
oh-low spider
Lele drak-low large spider
ŋo-yaw spall spider
Ahus we-law spiderweb
Loniu wɨ-law spider
umʷe-n wɨ-law spiderweb
Kele ka-lew-lew spider
Bipi wi-law spiderweb, net
Nali ŋo-yaw spiderweb
Likum kaano-lew spider
Titan ñakapʷe-law spider
Nauna canda-law spider
Penchal tantan-law spider
Wogeo lawa spider
Tanga kum-law spiderweb
Toqabaqita lakʷa species of spider, very large
Lau lakʷa species of large yellow spider and large web
'Āre'āre rawa a spider; cobweb
Sa'a lawa spider’s web, spider
Talise lao spider
Wedau nawa cobweb
Arosi rawa a small net; a cobweb (used in fishing with a kite); a spider
Bauro rawa spider
Sudest lawe spider
Rennellese gaba web, as of spider; a spider, probably Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer)
Pwele ka-lao spiderweb
Lelepa lao spiderweb
Haununu rawa spider

PMP ka-lawaq spider

WMP
Tiruray ke-lawaʔ-lawaʔ any kind of spider that makes a web
Narum halawaʔ spider
Lun Dayeh kə-lawaʔ ~ kəkə-lawaʔ spider
Berawan (Long Terawan) kə-lawaʔ spider
CMP
Manggarai ke-lawa kind of spider that nests underground

Possibly a reduction of earlier kələ-lawaʔ (cp. Kelabit kələ-lawaʔ ~ kə-lawaʔ ‘spider’.

PWMP kala-lawaʔ spider

WMP
Aborlan Tagbanwa kala-láwaʔ spider
Kelabit kələ-lawaʔ spider

Probably with a variant of the *qalikali- prefix found on the names of many ‘creepy-crawly’ creatures that evidently were protected by a taboo against random killing (Blust 2001).

PMP lawaq-lawaq spider, spiderweb

WMP
Ibanag a-lawa-lawa spider
Masbatenyo lawaʔ-láwaʔ cobweb, spiderweb
Aklanon eawáʔ-eawáʔ cobweb, spiderweb
Cebuano láwaʔ-láwaʔ spiderweb
Yakan lawaʔ-lawaʔ spiderweb, cobweb
Simalur awal-awal spider
Karo Batak lawah-lawah spider, spiderweb
Nias lawa-lawa spider
Mandar lawa-lawa spider
Wolio lawa-lawa kind of small spider
Proto-South Sulawesi lawa-lawa spider
CMP
Hoti lawa-lawa spider
Hitu lawa-lawa spider
Asilulu lawa-lawa spider
lawa-lawa tai spiderweb (lit. ‘spider feces’)
W.Tarangan lowlowʔ spider
W.Tarangan (Ngaibor) lowlowʔ spider
OC
Fijian -lawa-lawa cobweb

PWMP la-lawaq spiderweb

WMP
Sangir lə-lawa spiderweb
Ngaju Dayak la-lawa spider