- Du proto-sarawak du Nord *əbʰaʔ, issu du proto-malayo-polynésien *bahaq, « eaux d’inondation » [1].
ebpaʼ \ʔəb͡pʰaʔ\ [2]
- Eau.
- (Géographie) Rivière.
- [1] Robert Blust, 2006, The Origin of the Kelabit Voiced Aspirates: A Historical Hypothesis Revisited, Oceanic Linguistics, 45:2, pp. 311-338.
- [2] Robert Blust, 2010, The Greater North Borneo Hypothesis, Oceanic Linguistics, 49:1, pp. 44-118.