# basi
## Baba Malay
### Etymology

From Malay basi (“stale”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /basi/

### Adjective

basi
* stale

### References

* ↑ Nala H. Lee (2022) A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay‎, De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧si
* IPA: /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]

### Noun

basi
* juice from sugar cane

## Brunei Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /basi/
* Hyphenation: ba‧si

### Noun

basi
* iron (element)
* metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

## Catalan
### Verb

basi
* inflection of basar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi (“sugarcane wine”) (cf. Bikol Central basi, Ilocano basi).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧si
* IPA: /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.s̪ɪ]

### Noun

basi
* rice wine
    Synonym: pangasi

## Chichewa
### Etymology 1

From Swahili basi.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓa.si/

#### Adverb

basi
* enough, no more

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbá.si/

#### Noun

bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)
* bus

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɓa.si/

#### Adjective

-basi
* very many, very much

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *bars, a loanword from Proto-Turkic *bars (“leopard, large feline”) of unclear etymology.
Compare Mongolian бар (bar), Kazakh барыс (barys).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɑsi/

### Noun

basi
* tiger
    ene basi usude yanji fuguwoThis tiger by drowning in water

## Fijian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bus

### Noun

basi
* bus

## Hiligaynon
### Adverb

básì
* perhaps

### Noun

bási
* a type of rice beer

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Danish base.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpaːsɪ/
* Rhymes: -aːsɪ

### Noun

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)
* (chemistry) base, alkali
    Synonym: lútur

#### Declension
## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bá‧si
* IPA: /ˈbasi/

### Noun

bási
* sugar cane wine creating by boiling sugar cane juice on bark of the Java plum (lumboy) and fermenting it inside clay jars containing yeast

#### Derived terms

* basien

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]
* Rhymes: -asi
* Syllabification: ba‧si

### Etymology 1

From Malay basi, perhaps from Tamil வாசி (vāci, “to smell”). Cognate of Tagalog basi (“rice wine”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Adjective

basi
* stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
* banal (too common, having been known for so long, basic)
    Synonym: banal
* dated (no longer fashionable)

##### Derived terms

* kebasian
* membasi
* membasikan

### Etymology 2

Probably from Tamil வாசி (vāci, “rate, discount”).

#### Noun

basi (dialectal)
* extra
    Synonym: tambahan
* discount
    Synonyms: diskon, potongan harga

##### Derived terms

* membasi
* membasikan

### Etymology 3

Perhaps from Chinese 盤子／盘子 (pánzi).

#### Noun

basi
* (dialectal) dish, plate
    Synonyms: pinggan, piring

### Further reading

* “basi” 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.

## Italian
### Noun

basi f
* plural of base

### Verb

basi
* inflection of basare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Latin
### Noun

basī
* dative/ablative singular of basis

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

basi
* sugar cane wine

## Lingala
### Noun

basi class 2
* Alternative form of bǎsí

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /basi/
* Rhymes: -asi, -si, -i

### Adjective

basi (Jawi spelling باسي)
* (of food) stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
* banal (common)
* dated (no longer fashionable)

#### Synonyms

* banal

#### Descendants

* Baba Malay: basi
* Indonesian: basi

### Further reading

* “basi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Minangkabau
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

### Noun

basi
* iron

## Mongo
### Noun

basi
* water

### References

* Edward Algernon Ruskin, Lily Ruskin, A Grammar of the Lomongo Language (1934)

## Sranan Tongo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbasi/, [ˈba̠si], [ˈbɑ̟si]

### Etymology 1

From English boss.

#### Noun

basi
* boss

#### Verb

basi
* to be in charge of something

##### Derived terms

* amrabasi

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

basi
* bark (of a tree), shell (of a nut or coconut)

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bus.

#### Noun

basi class V (plural mabasi class VI)
* bus

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بس (bass, “enough!”), from Persian بس (bas, “enough”).

#### Conjunction

basi
* well; then; so
    Imba basi!Well, sing!

##### Usage notes

Generally placed after a verb to support an order or express resignation.

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbasiʔ/ [ˈbaː.sɪʔ]
* Rhymes: -asiʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧si

### Noun

basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)
* basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

### Anagrams

* siba, bisa, sabi

## Venetan
### Adjective

basi
* masculine plural of baso

## Yogad
### Noun

basi
* sugarcane wine