| OC | ||
| Mussau | baio | shark |
| Leipon | pew | k.o. shark |
| Ere | peʔew | shark |
| Nauna | pahew | k.o. shark |
| Sursurunga | beo | shark |
| Tanga | beu | shark |
| Nggela | mbagea | basking shark |
| 'Āre'āre | paʔewa e | rape |
| paʔewa waisiʔa | an unowned shark | |
| paʔewa | shark | |
| paʔewa inoni | an owned shark | |
| Longgu | bwaʔewa | shark |
| Hula | paewa | shark |
| Pileni | pakeo | shark |
| Arosi | baʔewa | a shark; the shark was sacred; men had familiar sharks which killed their enemies, and a man and shark sometimes exchanged souls |
| Misima | baewa | shark (generic) |
| Motlav | na-baɣo | shark |
| Mota | pagoa | shark |
| Lakona | page | shark |
| Nokuku | pakea | shark |
| Mafea | p̈aio | shark |
| Apma | beke | shark |
| Atchin | pae | shark |
| Axamb | nə-mbaxo | shark |
| Ura | u-ᵐbeu | shark |
| Proto-Micronesian | pakewa | shark |
| Cape Cumberland | paheo | shark |
| Merig | paɣo | shark |