basa-basa
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Reduplication of basa (“to read”).
Verb
basa-basa
Etymology 2
Reduplication of basa (“wet”).
Adjective
basá-basâ
Hiligaynon
Adjective
basâ-basâ
Verb
basá-bása
Masbatenyo
Noun
basa-basa
Tagalog
Etymology
Reduplication of basa (“wet”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /baˌsaʔ baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˌsaʔ bɐˈsaʔ] (adjective)
- IPA(key): (with glottal stop elision) /baˌsa(ʔ) baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˌsaː bɐˈsaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- IPA(key): /ˌbasa ˈbasa/ [ˌbaː.sɐ ˈbaː.sɐ] (noun)
- Rhymes: -asa
- IPA(key): /baˌsaʔ baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˌsaʔ bɐˈsaʔ] (adjective)
- Syllabification: ba‧sa-ba‧sa
Adjective
basâ-basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜊᜐ)
Noun
basa-basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜊᜐ)
Further reading
- “basa-basa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018