pabasa

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /paˈbasa/ [pɐˈbaː.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: pa‧ba‧sa

Noun

pabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜐ)

  1. invitation to read; letting of something to be read
  2. (Catholicism, literature) reading of the Passion during Lent

Derived terms

See also

Verb

pabasa (complete pinabasa, progressive pinapabasa, contemplative papabasa, Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜐ)

  1. (informal) short for ipabasa

Verb

pabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜐ)

  1. (imperative, colloquial) short for pakibasa
  2. (transitive, colloquial) short for nagpabasa

Further reading

  • “pabasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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