basah

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Acehnese

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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basah

  1. wet

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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basah

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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basah

  1. wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)
  2. fresh: recent
  3. (figurative) profitable

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Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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basah (Jawi spelling باسه)

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

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