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]
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Compounds

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms

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)

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

Derived terms

Further reading