basa

From Vietnamese ba sa.

basa (plural basa)

1. The catfish Pangasius bocourti.

   Synonyms: (Britain) cobbler, river cobbler

• basa fish

• AABs, BSAA, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, baas, saba, à bas

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

basa

1. romanization of ᬩᬲ (“herb, spice”)
2. romanization of ᬪᬵᬱ (“language”)

basa (comparative basago, superlative basen, excessive basegi)

1. (Northern, Navarrese) wild

basa inan

1. mud

• “basa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “basa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq.

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basâ (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. (Naga) wet (covered or impregnated with liquid)

   Synonym: dumog

   Antonyms: alang, mara

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

bása (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. reading

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

basa f (plural bases)

1. (card games) trick

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “basa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “basa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “basa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “basa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/

basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

   Antonyms: uga, mala

basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. to wet; to cover or impregnate with liquid
2. to wash
3. to cook with more water than usual
4. to bathe with something on

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

bása (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. to read
2. to interpret omens
3. to understand

   Synonym: sabot

Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate.^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -asa

basa f (related adjective basový)

1. (music) bass (musical instrument)
2. (informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)

   Synonym: přepravka

3. (informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

   Synonyms: vězení, žalář, katr

• “basa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “basa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “basa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From baso +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basa (accusative singular basan, plural basaj, accusative plural basajn)

1. bass, bassy (of, relating to or characteristic of bass)

basa

1. third-person singular past historic of baser

• à bas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. damp, soaked, wet

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. to drench; to wet

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

bása (diminutive basá-bása)

1. to read

 basa on Hungarian Wikipedia

• pasa

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head, chief, master”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• Rhymes: -ʃɒ

basa (plural basák)

1. pasha

• basa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• basa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Borrowed from French bas, Italian basso and Spanish bajo, all from Late Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sa/

basa

1. low

• basigar (“to make low, lower, shorten the height of”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• Hyphenation: ba‧sá
• IPA^(key): /baˈsa/,

basá

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

basá

1. soaking

• Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)
• Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• Hyphenation: bá‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

bása

1. reading
2. study

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• Rhymes: -asa, -sa, -a

Borrowed from Dutch base, from French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis.

basa

1. (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

   Synonym: alkali

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

basa

1. common sago plantation in Seram

basa

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of bahasa (“language”)

• “basa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): ,

basa f

1. plural of bas

basa

1. inflection of basare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Saba

basa

1. (Banawá) to put a stick up high

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

basa

1. (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦱ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsaʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sâ

basâ

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasəʔ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

básâ

1. reading
2. act of reading

basa m (plural )

1. base

basa

1. word

basa

1. Romanization of ᠪᠠᠰᠠ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

basa

1. to wet

Borrowed from Malay baca.

basa

1. to read

Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)

basa

1. language

• kabasa

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

basa

1. first/second-person singular preterite/imperfect indicative of is

• IPA^(key): /ba.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: baśa, bhāṣa
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basa

1. Alternative spelling of bhāṣa (“speech; language; poem”)
2. Alternative spelling of waśa (“power, force; dominion”)

• "basa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

basa

1. Romanization of ᮘᮞ

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From bas (leader of the daily, actual work) + -a to construct the verb.

basa (present basar, preterite basade, supine basat, imperative basa)

1. (dated) to lead, and direct, the daily work

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā), instrumental singular of वाच् (vā́c, “speech, voice”). Doublet of boses.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/ (noun)
    • Rhymes: -asa
  • IPA^(key): /baˈsa/ (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧sa

basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. reading
2. act of reading

basá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. fond of reading

   Synonyms: palabasa, mapagbasa

2. already read

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq. Compare Malay basah (“wet”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧sa

basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. wet

   Antonym: tuyo

• “basa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• saba, saab

basa

1. feminine singular of baso

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle
2. (transitive) to stir up, to enflame (trouble)
3. (transitive) to strike hard

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓasa (7.4)”