basah

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Adjective

basah

1. wet

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
• Thorgood, Graham (1999). From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change: With an Appendix of Chamic Reconstructions and Loanwords. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press.

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basaᵊh/

Adjective

basah

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

Derived terms

• pemasah (“wetness”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbasah/ [ˈba.sah]

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• Rhymes: -asah
• Syllabification: ba‧sah

Adjective

basah (comparative lebih basah, superlative paling basah)

1. wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)
2. fresh, recent (after getting wet)
3. (figurative, rare) profitable

Derived terms

• basahan
• berbasah-basah
• kebasah-basahan
• kebasahan
• keterbasahan
• membasahi
• membasahkan
• pembasahan
• sebasah
• terbasah

Compounds

• basah kerongkongan
• basah kuyup
• basah lencun

• kamar mandi basah
• pasar basah

Further reading

• “basah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Alternative forms

• basak (Sambas)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasah/ [ˈba.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah
• Hyphenation: ba‧sah

Adjective

basah (Jawi spelling باسه, comparative lebih basah, superlative paling basah)

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

   Antonym: kering

Derived terms

• kebasahan (“wetness”)

Further reading

• "basah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017