| WMP | ||
| Isneg | tabówān | a kind of large, reddish bee whose young are edible and whose nest resembles a coconut or a bow net, that is situated at the base of a tree or dangles from its branches; in this nest it constructs each year one platelike, honeyless cake, one above another |
| Yakan | tabuʔan | a bee-like insect; it is large and black with brownish wings, and makes round nests of dirt on trees; its sting hurts very much |
| Mapun | tabuwan | hornet; a large black and yellow wasp with a painful sting |
| Iban | tebuan | tree hornet |
| Bare'e | tambua | kind of wasp |
| Tae' | tabuan | kind of wasp that makes its nest in dry wood |
| tabuan balo | wasp with thin midsection and yellow stripes around the body, with a venomous sting | |
| Wolio | towua | wasp, sp. |
| Old Javanese | tawwan ~ tawon | bee |
| Javanese | nawon | bee-like, wasp-like |
| tawon | bee, wasp | |
| t<um>awon | humming like a swarm of bees (said of a busy marketplace) | |
| nawon kemit | wasp-waisted | |
| Bahasa Indonesia | tabuhan | large wasp that usually nests in trees |
| Balinese | tabuwan | hornet; several different kinds are distinguished |
| Sasak | tabuan | kind of wasp with yellow thorax |
| CMP | ||
| Lamaholot | təwuã | wasp |
| Kambera | tawuaŋu ~ tawoŋu | large wasp sp. |