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See also: Appendix:Variations of "basi"

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay basi (“stale”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

basi

  1. stale

References

  • Lee, Nala H. (2022), “basi”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 343

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧si
  • IPA(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]

Noun

basi

  1. juice from sugar cane

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basi/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧si

Noun

basi

  1. iron (element)
  2. metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

Catalan

Verb

basi

  1. inflection of basar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧si
  • IPA(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.s̪ɪ]

Noun

basi

  1. rice wine
    Synonym: pangasi

Chichewa

Etymology 1

From Swahili basi.

Pronunciation

Adverb

basi

  1. enough, no more

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

Noun

bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)

  1. bus
    Synonym: gálímoto

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

-basi

  1. 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

Noun

basi

  1. tiger
    ene basi usude yanji fuguwo
    This tiger by drowning in water

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus

Noun

basi

  1. bus

Hiligaynon

Adverb

básì

  1. perhaps

Noun

bási

  1. a type of rice beer

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish base.

Pronunciation

Noun

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)

  1. (chemistry) base, alkali
    Synonym: lútur

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bá‧si
  • IPA(key): /ˈbasi/

Noun

bási

  1. 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

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

  1. stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
  2. banal (too common, having been known for so long, basic)
    Synonym: banal
  3. dated (no longer fashionable)
Derived terms
  • kebasian
  • membasi
  • membasikan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

basi (dialectal)

  1. extra
    Synonym: tambahan
  2. discount
    Synonyms: diskon, potongan harga
Derived terms
  • membasi
  • membasikan

Etymology 3

Perhaps from Chinese 盤子／盘子 (pánzi).

Noun

basi

  1. (dialectal) dish, plate
    Synonyms: pinggan, piring

Further reading

Italian

Noun

basi f

  1. plural of base

Verb

basi

  1. inflection of basare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Latin

Noun

basī

  1. dative/ablative singular of basis

Limos Kalinga

Noun

basi

  1. sugar cane wine

Lingala

Noun

basi class 2

  1. alternative form of bǎsí

Malay

Pronunciation

Adjective

basi (Jawi spelling باسي, comparative lebih basi, superlative paling basi)

  1. (of food) stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
  2. banal (common)
  3. dated (no longer fashionable)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Baba Malay: basi
  • Indonesian: basi

Further reading

Minangkabau

Etymology

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

Noun

basi

  1. iron

Mongo

Noun

basi

  1. water

References

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

Sranan Tongo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /basi/, [ba̠si], [bɑ̟si]

Etymology 1

From English boss.

Noun

basi

  1. boss

Verb

basi

  1. to be in charge of something
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

basi

  1. bark (of a tree), shell (of a nut or coconut)

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

basi class V (plural mabasi class VI)

  1. bus

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

basi

  1. well; then; so
    Imba basi!
    Well, sing!
Usage notes

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

Interjection

basi!

  1. enough!, stop!

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bási (“sugarcane wine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

  1. basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

Further reading

  • “basi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bási”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

Venetan

Adjective

basi

  1. masculine plural of baso

Yogad

Noun

basi

  1. sugarcane wine

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