OUTOFPAPUA database: Lexicons of the West Papuan language area

Entry record from Visser (2023): Yamdena

babe

•  that which is down; southern.het beneden zijnde; zuidelijk.

Aroe'bjabBeneden- of Zuidelijk Aroei

Note: probably long form of bab, rather than a word with similar meaning

Source: Drabbe 1932