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English

Etymology

From Vietnamese ba sa

Noun

basa (plural basa)

1. The catfish Pangasius bocourti.

Anagrams

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

Asturian

Verb

basa

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

Catalan

Noun

basa f (plural bases)

1. (card games) trick

Verb

basa

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bas?q.

Adjective

basa

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

Verb

basa

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit ???? (v?c?).

Verb

basa

1. To read.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowing 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^(key): /basa/
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

basa f

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (crate): p?epravka f
• (prison): v?zení n, žalá? m, katr m

Derived terms

• basák
• basista
• baskytara
• basový
• kontrabas

References

Further reading

• basa in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• basa in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Verb

basa

1. third-person singular past historic of baser

Anagrams

• à bas

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bas?q.

Adjective

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. damp, soaked, wet

Verb

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. to drench, to wet

Verb

bása (diminutive basá-bása)

1. to read

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• pasa

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish ???? (ba?, “head, chief, master”), from Proto-Turkic *ba?? (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b???]
• Hyphenation: ba?sa
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

basa (plural basák)

1. pasha

Declension

Derived terms

• basáskodik

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba.sa/

Adjective

basa

1. low

Derived terms

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

Ilocano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bas?q.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba?sá
• IPA^(key): /ba?sa/, [b??sa]

Adjective

basá

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

Noun

basá

1. soaking

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Sanskrit ???? (bh???, “speech, language”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bá?sa
• IPA^(key): /?basa/

Noun

bása

1. reading
2. study

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ba.sa]
• Hyphenation: ba?sa
• Rhymes: -a

Etymology 1

From Dutch base, from French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek ????? (básis). Doublet of basis.

Noun

basa (first-person possessive basaku, second-person possessive basamu, third-person possessive basanya)

1. (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

Alternative forms

• bes (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Etymology 2

Noun

basa (first-person possessive basaku, second-person possessive basamu, third-person possessive basanya)

1. Nonstandard form of bahasa (“language”).

Further reading

• “basa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??s??], [?b?as??]

Noun

basa f

1. plural of bas

Mutation

Italian

Verb

basa

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

Anagrams

• Saba

Jamamadí

Verb

basa

1. (Banawá) to put a stick up high

References

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

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ??

Etymology

From Old Javanese bh??a (“speech”), borrowed from Sanskrit ???? (bh???, “speech, language”)

Noun

basa (krama-ngoko basa)

1. speech
2. language
3. polite or krama register (in speech)

References

• "basa" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bas?q.

Adjective

basa

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

Ladin

Noun

basa m (plural [please provide])

1. base

Lindu

Noun

basa

1. word

Manchu

Romanization

basa

1. Romanization of ????

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit ???? (bh???, “speech, language”)

Noun

basa

1. language

Derived terms

• kabasa

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?basa/

Verb

basa

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

Mutation

Phuthi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

Verb

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Verb

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.

Sundanese

Romanization

basa

1. Romanization of ??

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

Verb

-basa

1. 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)

1. (dated) to lead, and direct, the daily work

Conjugation

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)bas?q.

Adjective

basa

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

Verb

basa

1. to make wet (unintentionally)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Tagalog ?? (basa), from Sanskrit ???? (v?c?).

Verb

basa

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

Conjugation

Venetian

Adjective

basa

1. feminine singular of baso

Westrobothnian

Verb

basa

1. (transitive) To whip, thrash.

Verb

basa

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

Verb

basa

1. To run, rush.

   let ä basa

   let it go

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

Verb

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

Verb

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle
2. (transitive) to stir up, to enflame (trouble)
3. (transitive) to strike hard

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “?asa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “?asa (7.4)”

English

Alternative forms

• bass

Etymology

From Middle English bast, from Old English bæst (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”) (compare the Swedish bast, Dutch bast, German Bast), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *b?ask-, *b?as?- (“bundle”) (compare Middle Irish basc (“necklace”), Latin fascis (“bundle”), Albanian bashkë (“tied, linked”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??st/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /bæst/

Noun

bast (countable and uncountable, plural basts)

1. Fibre made from the phloem of certain plants and used for matting and cord.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 87

     I thought I saw Him in the Long Walk there, by the bed of Nelly Roche, tending a fallen flower with a wisp of bast.

   • 1997: ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, page 145

     He had taken along a long bast rope in his sleigh, since it was the custom on longer journeys to have a spare rope in case the reins needed mending.

Related terms

• (possibly) bastard

Translations

Anagrams

• ABTs, ATBs, ATSB, Bats, SATB, STAB, TBAs, TBSA, Tabs, bats, stab, tabs

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bast/, [b?asd?]

Noun

bast c (singular definite basten, not used in plural form)

1. bast
2. raffia

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?st/
• Hyphenation: bast
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bast. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

bast f (plural basten, diminutive bastje n)

1. A bark, as on a tree
2. (figuratively) A skin, hide

Derived terms

• boombast

Etymology 2

Verb

bast

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of bassen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of bassen

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• bats

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /past/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bast (“bast, inner bark of trees from which ropes were made”), from Proto-Germanic *bastaz (“bast, rope”), perhaps an alteration of Proto-Indo-European *b?ask-, *b?as?- (“bundle”).

Noun

bast n (genitive singular basts, uncountable)

1. bast, raffia
2. rope made of bast

Declension

Etymology 2

From the verb at basa.

Verb

bast

1. supine of basa

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bæst, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz.

Alternative forms

• baste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bast/

Noun

bast (plural bastes)

2. A cord or cable manufactured using bast.
3. (rare) Bast; fibre made from the phloem of plants.

Descendants

• English: bast, bass
• Scots: bass

References

• “bast, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old French bast (French bât).

Alternative forms

• baste, baaste

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?st/

Noun

bast (uncountable)

2. Illegitimacy; the state of being illegitimate.

Derived terms

• bastard

References

• “b?st, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-03.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bast, from Old Norse bast, from Proto-Germanic *bastaz. Cognate with English bast and German Bast.

Noun

bast n

1. bast (fibre material)

Declension

Related terms

• bastfiber
• basthud
• bastkjol
• bastkorg
• bastmatta
• lindbast

Etymology 2

From Tavringer Romani bassj, bassjt, from Romani berš, bersh. Cognate to Sanskrit ???? (var?a, “year”).

Noun

bast n

1. year (when telling age)

References

• bast in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bast in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “bast” in Gerd Carling, Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, 2005, ?ISBN, page 73.

Anagrams

• stab