basahan

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧han

Noun

basahan

  1. loincloth
    Synonym: bahag

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈsa.han/,
  • Hyphenation: ba‧sa‧han

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay basahan, equivalent with basah (wet) +‎ -an.

Adjective

basahan

  1. something that is used while bathing
    kain basahanbath clothe or towel (wrapped around the body while bathing)
  2. something that is used daily
    baju basahandaily used shirt or dress
    bahasa basahancolloquial or everyday language

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦱꦲꦤ꧀ (basahan).

Noun

basahan (first-person possessive basahanku, second-person possessive basahanmu, third-person possessive basahannya)

  1. kind of Javanese traditional long wedding dress

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

basah (wet) +‎ -an

Pronunciation

Adjective

basahan (Jawi spelling باسهن)

  1. something that is used while bathing
    kain basahanbath cloth or towel (wrapped around the body while bathing)
  2. something that is used daily
    baju basahandaily used shirt or dress
    gelang basahandaily worn bracelet
    bahasa basahancolloquial or everyday language

Descendants

  • Indonesian: basahan
  • ? Tagalog: basahan

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Either from the following:

  • From Malay basahan (daily used items or clothes), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq-an (thing that gets wet). Can also be analyzed as basah (wet) + -an.
  • From basa (wet) + -han. However, the expected conjugation would be *basaan since basa ends with a glottal stop, and the root being basa (reading) is unlikely. Possibly an irregular conjugation.

Compare Kapampangan basan (rag), Maranao basa'an (bathing suit), Tausug basaanan (clothing worn while one is bathing), and Old Javanese basahan (piece of cloth which is not taken off while bathing).

Noun

basahan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. cleaning rag; waste piece of cloth (used for cleaning, dusting, etc.)
    Synonyms: pamunas, trapo
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Etymology 2

From basa (reading) +‎ -han.

Verb

basahan (complete binasahan, progressive binabasahan, contemplative babasahan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜑᜈ᜔)

  1. to read something for someone
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