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From Vietnamese ba sa.
basa (plural basa)
- The catfish Pangasius bocourti.
- Synonyms: (Britain) cobbler, river cobbler
Pangasius bocourti
- Irish: gréasaí m
basa
- inflection of basar:
basa
basa (comparative basago, superlative basen, excessive basegi)
Declension of basa (adjective, ending in -a)
basa inan
Declension of basa (inanimate, ending in -a)
- “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.
basâ (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)
basa f (plural bases)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
basa
- inflection of basar:
- “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.
basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)
basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)
- to wet; to cover or impregnate with liquid
- to wash
- to cook with more water than usual
- to bathe with something on
Derived terms
- basa ang papel (“having a bad reputation; to ruin one's reputation”)
- basa ang tingog (“raspy”)
- basa-basa (“humid; moist”)
- basaon (“watery”)
- himasa (“to wash someone's feet”)
- manghimasa (“to wash one's feet”)
Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
bása (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)
- to read
- to interpret omens
- 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]
basa f (related adjective basový)
- (music) bass (musical instrument)
- (informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)
- Synonym: přepravka
- (informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “basa”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
basa (accusative singular basan, plural basaj, accusative plural basajn)
basa
- third-person singular past historic of baser
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)
basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)
Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
bása (diminutive basá-bása)
- to read
basa on Hungarian Wikipedia
Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head, chief, master”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).
basa (plural basák)
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | basa | basák |
accusative | basát | basákat |
dative | basának | basáknak |
instrumental | basával | basákkal |
causal-final | basáért | basákért |
translative | basává | basákká |
terminative | basáig | basákig |
essive-formal | basaként | basákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | basában | basákban |
superessive | basán | basákon |
adessive | basánál | basáknál |
illative | basába | basákba |
sublative | basára | basákra |
allative | basához | basákhoz |
elative | basából | basákból |
delative | basáról | basákról |
ablative | basától | basáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
basáé | basáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
basáéi | basákéi |
Possessive forms of basa | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | basám | basáim |
2nd person sing. | basád | basáid |
3rd person sing. | basája | basái |
1st person plural | basánk | basáink |
2nd person plural | basátok | basáitok |
3rd person plural | basájuk | basáik |
- 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.
basa
- basigar (“to make low, lower, shorten the height of”)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
basá
- wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
basá
- Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)
- Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
bása
Borrowed from Dutch base, from French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis.
basa
- (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
basa
- (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.
basa f
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
basa | bhasa | mbasa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
basa
- inflection of basare:
basa
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
basa
- (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦱ
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
basâ
- wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).
básâ
basa m (plural [please provide])
basa
basa
- Romanization of ᠪᠠᠰᠠ
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
basa
- to wet
basa
- to read
Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)
basa
basa
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
basa | basa pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbasa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
basa
- Alternative spelling of bhāṣa (“speech; language; poem”)
- 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
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
basa
- inflection of basar:
basa
- Romanization of ᮘᮞ
From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.
-basa
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)
Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā), instrumental singular of वाच् (vā́c, “speech, voice”). Doublet of boses.
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ba‧sa
basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
basá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq. Compare Malay basah (“wet”).
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˈsaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ba‧sa
basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
- “basa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
basa
From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.
-basa
- (transitive) to light, to kindle
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.
-basa
- (transitive) to light, to kindle
- (transitive) to stir up, to enflame (trouble)
- (transitive) to strike hard
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓasa (7.4)”