| English | eng-000 |
| empty husk | |
| Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | poz-000 | *ampaw |
| Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | poz-000 | *qapaʔ |
| Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian | pqw-000 | *qapaʔ qapaʔ |
| Kiswahili | swh-000 | bufuu |
| Kiswahili | swh-000 | bupu |
| Kiswahili | swh-000 | bupura |
| Kiswahili | swh-000 | kununu |
| Kiswahili | swh-000 | ukumvi |