# basa
## English
### Etymology

From Vietnamese ba sa.

### Noun

basa (plural basa)
* The catfish Pangasius bocourti.
    Synonyms: (Britain) cobbler, river cobbler

#### Related terms

* basa fish

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* AABs, BSAA, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, baas, saba, à bas

## Asturian
### Verb

basa
* inflection of basar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Baduy
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

### Noun

basa (Sundanese script ᮘᮞ)
* language

## Balinese
### Romanization

basa
* romanization of ᬩᬲ (“herb, spice”)
* romanization of ᬪᬵᬱ (“language”)

## Banjarese
### Etymology

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

### Noun

basa
* language

## Basque
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

basa (comparative basago, superlative basen, excessive basegi)
* (Northern, Navarrese) wild

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

basa inan
* mud

##### Derived terms

* basadi (“morass, mudhole”)
* basaka (“windstorm”)
* basara (“fertilizer”)
* basatza (“morass, mudhole”)

### Further reading

* “basa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “basa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Betawi
### Etymology

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

### Noun

basa
* language

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈsaʔ/ [baˈsaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa

#### Adjective

basâ (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)
* (Naga) wet (covered or impregnated with liquid)
    Synonym: dumog
    Antonyms: alang, mara

##### Derived terms

* basa-basa
* basaon
* kabas-an
* kabasan
* mabasa
* magbasa
* makabasa

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.sa]
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa

#### Noun

bása (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)
* reading

##### Derived terms

* basahon
* magbasa
* pagbasa

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.zə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈba.za]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

basa f (plural bases)
* (card games) trick

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

basa
* inflection of basar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “basa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “basa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

## Cebuano
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧sa
* IPA: /baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˈs̪aʔ]

#### Adjective

basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)
* wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
    Antonyms: uga, mala

#### Verb

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”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧sa
* IPA: /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.s̪ɐ]

#### Verb

bása (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)
* to read
* to interpret omens
* to understand
    Synonym: sabot

##### Derived terms

* balasahon (“reading material”)
* bumabasa (“reader”)
* bumalasa (“reader”)
* himasa (“fond of reading”)
* kabasahon
* magbabasa (“reader”)
* magbalasa (“reader”)
* tigbasa

## Czech
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbasa]
* Rhymes: -asa

### Noun

basa f (relational 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)
    Synonyms: vězení, žalář, katr

#### Derived terms

* basák
* basista
* baskytara
* kontrabas

### References

* ↑ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “basa”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

### Further reading

* “basa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “basa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “basa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From baso +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbasa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa

### Adjective

basa (accusative singular basan, plural basaj, accusative plural basajn)
* bass, bassy (of, relating to or characteristic of bass)

## French
### Verb

basa
* third-person singular past historic of baser

### Anagrams

* à bas

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)
* damp, soaked, wet

#### Verb

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)
* to drench; to wet

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

#### Verb

bása (diminutive basá-bása)
* to read

## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* pasa

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒʃɒ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa
* Rhymes: -ʃɒ

### Noun

basa (plural basák)
* pasha

#### Derived terms

* basáskodik

### Further reading

* 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).

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bas, Italian basso and Spanish bajo, all from Late Latin bassus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.sa/

### Adjective

basa
* low

#### Derived terms

* basigar (“to make low, lower, shorten the height of”)

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ba‧sá
* IPA: /baˈsa/, [bɐˈsa]

#### Adjective

basá
* wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

#### Noun

basá
* soaking

#### Derived terms

* babasaen
* basaen
* kabasaan
* mabasa
* nabasa
* pagbabasaan
* sibabasa

### Etymology 2

* Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)
* Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bá‧sa
* IPA: /ˈbasa/

#### Noun

bása
* reading
* study

##### Derived terms

* agbasa
* basaen
* bumasbasa
* pagbasaan

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.sa]
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: ba‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch base, from French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis.

#### Noun

basa
* (chemistry) base (chemical compound that will neutralize an acid)
    Synonym: alkali

##### Compounds

* basa kuat (“strong base”)
* basa lemah (“weak base”)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

basa
* common sago plantation in Seram

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

basa
* (colloquial) Alternative form of bahasa (“language”)

### Further reading

* “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.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbˠɑsˠə], [ˈbˠasˠə]

### Noun

basa f
* plural of bas

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.za/
* Rhymes: -aza
* Hyphenation: bà‧sa

### Verb

basa
* inflection of basare:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Saba

## Jamamadí
### Verb

basa
* (Banawá) to put a stick up high

### References

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

## Javanese
### Romanization

basa
* (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦱ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bəˈsaʔ/ [bəˈsäʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧sâ

#### Adjective

basâ
* wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

##### Derived terms

* basan
* mabasa
* magbasa

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbasəʔ/ [ˈbäː.səʔ]
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa

#### Noun

básâ
* reading
* act of reading

##### Derived terms

* basan
* mamasa

## Ladin
### Noun

basa m (plural [please provide])
* base

## Lindu
### Noun

basa
* word

## Manchu
### Romanization

basa
* Romanization of ᠪᠠᠰᠠ

## Mansaka
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

basa
* to wet

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca.

#### Verb

basa
* to read

## Maranao
### Etymology

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

### Noun

basa
* language

#### Derived terms

* kabasa

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbasa/

### Verb

basa
* first/second-person singular preterite/imperfect indicative of is

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.sa/
* Rhymes: -sa
* Homophones: baśa, bhāṣa
* Hyphenation: ba‧sa

### Noun

basa
* Alternative spelling of bhāṣa (“speech; language; poem”)
* Alternative spelling of waśa (“power, force; dominion”)

### Further reading

* "basa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Phuthi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

### Verb

-basa
* to light, to kindle

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Verb

basa
* inflection of basar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sundanese
### Etymology 1

Ultimately from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

#### Noun

basa (Sundanese script ᮘᮞ)
* language

### Etymology 2
#### Conjunction

basa (Sundanese script ᮘᮞ)
* when

## Swazi
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

### Verb

-basa
* to light, to kindle

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From bas (leader of the daily, actual work) + -a to construct the verb.

### Verb

basa (present basar, preterite basade, supine basat, imperative basa)
* (dated) to lead, and direct, the daily work

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā), instrumental singular of वाच् (vā́c, “speech, voice”). Doublet of boses.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈbasa/ [ˈbaː.sɐ] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -asa
** IPA: /baˈsa/ [bɐˈsa] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ba‧sa

#### Noun

basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
* reading
* act of reading

##### Derived terms

* babasahin
* balik-basa
* basa-basahin
* basado
* basahan
* basahan ng sakdal
* basahin
* bumasa
* ipabasa
* mabasa
* magbasa
* magbasa-basa
* mambabasa
* pabasahin
* pagbabasa
* pagbasa
* palabasa
* tagabasa
* tagapagbasa

#### Adjective

basá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
* fond of reading
    Synonyms: palabasa, mapagbasa
* already read

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq. Compare Malay basah (“wet”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˈsaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ba‧sa

#### Adjective

basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)
* wet
    Antonym: tuyo

##### Derived terms

* basa ang papel
* basa-basa
* basa-basain
* basaan
* basabasa
* basain
* basang-basa
* basang-puwit
* basang-sisiw
* bumasa
* himasa
* mabasa
* magbasa
* magbasa-basa
* mamasa
* mamasa-masa
* pagbabasa
* pagbasa

##### Related terms

* basahan

### Further reading

* “basa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* saba, saab

## Venetan
### Adjective

basa
* feminine singular of baso

## Xhosa
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

### Verb

-basa
* (transitive) to light, to kindle

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

### Verb

-basa
* (transitive) to light, to kindle
* (transitive) to stir up, to enflame (trouble)
* (transitive) to strike hard

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓasa (7.4)”