basi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "basi"

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay basi (“stale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basi/

Adjective

basi

1. stale

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basi

1. juice from sugar cane

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basi

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

Catalan

Verb

basi

1. inflection of basar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basi

1. rice wine

   Synonym: pangasi

Chichewa

Etymology 1

From Swahili basi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.si/

Adverb

basi

1. enough, no more

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbá.si/

Noun

bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)

1. bus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.si/

Adjective

-basi

1. very many, very much

Dongxiang

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsi/

Noun

basi

1. tiger

   ene basi usude yanji fuguwo

   This tiger by drowning in water

Fijian

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus

Noun

basi

1. bus

Hiligaynon

Adverb

básì

1. perhaps

Noun

bási

1. a type of rice beer

Icelandic

Etymology

From Danish base.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːsɪ

Noun

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)

1. (chemistry) base, alkali

Synonyms

• (base, alkali): lútur

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bási

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

Derived terms

• basien

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

basi

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

Synonyms

• banal

Derived terms

• kebasian
• membasi
• membasikan

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

1. extra
2. discount

Derived terms

• membasi
• membasikan

 

Etymology 3

Probably from Chinese 盤子／盘子 (pánzi).

Noun

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

1. dish, plate.

   Synonym: pinggan

Further reading

• “basi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Noun

basi f

1. plural of base

Verb

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

Noun

basī

1. dative/ablative singular of basis

Limos Kalinga

Noun

basi

1. sugar cane wine

Lingala

Noun

basi class 2

1. Alternative form of bǎsí

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basi/
• Rhymes: -asi, -si, -i

Adjective

basi (Jawi spelling باسي)

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

Synonyms

• banal

Descendants

• Baba Malay: basi
• Indonesian: basi

Further reading

• “basi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Minangkabau

Etymology

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

Noun

basi

1. iron

Mongo

Noun

basi

1. water

References

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

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

From English boss.

Noun

basi

1. boss

Verb

basi

1. to be in charge of something

Derived terms

• amrabasi

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

basi

1. bark (of a tree), shell (of a nut or coconut)

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

basi

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

basi (ma class, plural mabasi)

1. bus

Etymology 2

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

Conjunction

basi

1. well; then; so

   Imba basi!

   Well, sing!

Usage notes

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

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbasiʔ/ [ˈbaː.sɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -asiʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧si

Noun

basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

1. basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

Anagrams

• siba, bisa, sabi

Venetan

Adjective

basi

1. masculine plural of baso

Yogad

Noun

basi

1. sugarcane wine