nabasa

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Ilocano

Etymology

na- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: na‧ba‧sá
  • IPA(key): /nabaˈsa/,

Adjective

nabasa

  1. wet

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From na- +‎ basa (“reading”).

Pronunciation

Verb

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

nábása (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

  1. progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 2

From na- +‎ basa (“wet”).

Pronunciation

Verb

nabasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

nábasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

  1. progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish navaja. Doublet of labaha and labasa.

Pronunciation

Noun

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (obsolete)

  1. razor
    Synonyms: pang-ahit, labaha, labasa, (obsolete) kalumpagi

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