basa

basa (plural basa)

1. The catfish Pangasius bocourti.

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

basa

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

basa f (plural bases)

1. (card games) trick

basa

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

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

basa

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

basa

1. To wet; to cover or impregnate with liquid.

Borrowed from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “language”).

basa

1. To read.

Borrowing from German Bass or French basse.[1]

• IPA^(key): /basa/
• Rhymes: -asa

basa f

1. (music) bass (musical instrument)
2. (informal) A crate used to transport bottles.
3. (informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

• (bass): kontrabas m
• (crate): přepravka f
• (prison): vězení n, žalář m, katr m

• basák
• basista
• basový

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

bása (diminutive basá-bása)

1. to read

• pasa

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basa (plural basák)

1. pasha

• basáskodik

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.

basa

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

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

basa

1. reading
2. study

• IPA^(key): [ˈbˠɑsˠə], [ˈbˠasˠə]

basa f

1. plural of bas

basa

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

• Saba

basa

1. (Banawá) to put a stick up high

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

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

basa

1. language

• ꦧꦱ (basa)

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

basa

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

basa m (plural [please provide])

1. base

basa

1. word

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

basa

1. language

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

basa

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

From Proto-Nguni *-basa, from Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

basa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of basar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of basar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of basar.

basa

1. Romanization of ᮘᮞ

From Proto-Nguni *-basa, 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

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

basa

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

basa

1. to make wet (unintentionally)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?]

basa

1. to read; to let someone read; to read for someone

basa

1. feminine singular of baso

basa

1. (transitive) To whip, thrash.

basa

1. To heat (planks) with steam, to make soft, pliant.

basa

1. To run, rush.

   let ä basa

   let it go

From Proto-Nguni *-basa, from Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Nguni *-basa, 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)”