basi

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See also: basì, básī, băși, başî, başı, bàsi, and basi-

Baba Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Malay basi (stale).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

basi

  1. stale

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nala H. Lee (2022) A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay[1], De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISBN

Bikol Central[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. juice from sugar cane

Brunei Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

basi

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

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

basi

  1. third-person singular imperative form of basar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of basar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of basar

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. rice wine
    Synonym: pangasi

Chichewa[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Swahili basi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

basi

  1. enough, no more

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)

  1. bus

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

-basi

  1. very many, very much

Dongxiang[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *bars, a loanword from Proto-Turkic *bars (leopard, large feline) of unclear etymology.

Compare Mongolian бар (bar), Kazakh барыс (barys).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpasi/, [ˈpɑsɪ]

Noun[edit]

basi

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

Hiligaynon[edit]

Adverb[edit]

básì

  1. perhaps

Noun[edit]

bási

  1. a type of rice beer

Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Danish base.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)

  1. (chemistry) base, alkali

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Ilocano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

bási

  1. sugarcane wine creating by boiling sugarcane juice on bark of the Java plum (lumboy) and fermenting it inside clay jars containing yeast.

Derived terms[edit]

Indonesian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

From Malay basi, probably 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[edit]

basi

  1. stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
  2. banal (common)
  3. dated (no longer fashionable)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

basi (plural basi-basi, first-person possessive basiku, second-person possessive basimu, third-person possessive basinya)

  1. extra
  2. discount
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Probably from Chinese 盤子盘子 (pánzi).

Noun[edit]

basi (plural basi-basi, first-person possessive basiku, second-person possessive basimu, third-person possessive basinya)

  1. dish, plate.
    Synonym: pinggan

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi f

  1. plural of base

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

basī

  1. dative/ablative singular of basis

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. sugar cane wine

Lingala[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi class 2

  1. Alternative form of bǎsí

Malay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

basi (Jawi spelling باسي‎)

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

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Baba Malay: basi
  • Indonesian: basi

Further reading[edit]

Minangkabau[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. iron

Mongo[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. water

References[edit]

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

Swahili[edit]

basi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun[edit]

basi (ma class, plural mabasi)

  1. bus

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Conjunction[edit]

basi

  1. well; then; so
    Imbe basi!
    Well, sing!
Usage notes[edit]

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

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ba‧si
  • IPA(key): /ˈbasiʔ/, [ˈba.sɪʔ]

Noun[edit]

basì

  1. basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

Venetian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

basi

  1. masculine plural of baso

Yogad[edit]

Noun[edit]

basi

  1. sugarcane wine