basi
Page categories
Baba Malay
Etymology
From MalayCategory:Baba Malay terms inherited from Malay#BASICategory:Baba Malay terms derived from Malay#BASI basi (“stale”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
basiCategory:Baba Malay lemmas#BASICategory:Baba Malay adjectives#BASICategory:Baba Malay entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
References
- Lee, Nala H. (2022), “basi”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 343
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-MalayicCategory:Brunei Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BASICategory:Brunei Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BASI *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-ChamicCategory:Brunei Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BASICategory:Brunei Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BASI *bəsi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basi/Category:Brunei Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
Noun
basiCategory:Brunei Malay lemmas#BASICategory:Brunei Malay nouns#BASICategory:Brunei Malay entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Catalan
Verb
basiCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Catalan verb forms#BASICategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- inflection of basar:
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-PhilippineCategory:Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#BASICategory:Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Philippine#BASI *basi (“sugarcane wine”) (cf. Central Bikol basi, Ilocano basi).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.s̪ɪ]Category:Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
Noun
basiCategory:Cebuano lemmas#BASICategory:Cebuano nouns#BASICategory:Cebuano terms without Badlit script#BASICategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Central Bikol
Etymology
From Proto-PhilippineCategory:Central Bikol terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#BASICategory:Central Bikol terms derived from Proto-Philippine#BASI *basi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]Category:Central Bikol terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
Noun
basiCategory:Central Bikol lemmas#BASICategory:Central Bikol nouns#BASICategory:Central Bikol entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- juice from sugar cane
Chichewa
Etymology 1
From SwahiliCategory:Chichewa terms borrowed from Swahili#BASICategory:Chichewa terms derived from Swahili#BASI basi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
basiCategory:Chichewa lemmas#BASICategory:Chichewa adverbs#BASICategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Etymology 2
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Chichewa terms borrowed from English#BASICategory:Chichewa terms derived from English#BASI bus.
Pronunciation
Noun
bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)Category:Chichewa lemmas#BASICategory:Chichewa nouns#BASICategory:Chichewa class 9 nouns#BASICategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Chichewa class 9 nouns#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Adjective
-basiCategory:Chichewa lemmas#BASICategory:Chichewa adjectives#BASICategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Category:ny:Vehicles#BASIDongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-MongolicCategory:Dongxiang terms inherited from Proto-Mongolic#BASICategory:Dongxiang terms derived from Proto-Mongolic#BASI *bars, a loanword from Proto-TurkicCategory:Dongxiang terms derived from Proto-Turkic#BASI *bars (“leopard, large feline”) of unclear etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
basiCategory:Dongxiang lemmas#BASICategory:Dongxiang nouns#BASICategory:Dongxiang entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- tiger
- ene basi usude yanji fuguwo
- This tiger by drowning in water
Fijian
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Fijian terms borrowed from English#BASICategory:Fijian terms derived from English#BASI bus
Noun
basiCategory:Fijian lemmas#BASICategory:Fijian nouns#BASICategory:Fijian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Hiligaynon
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Hiligaynon entries#BASI
Adverb
básìCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#BASICategory:Hiligaynon adverbs#BASICategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#BASICategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Noun
básiCategory:Hiligaynon lemmas#BASICategory:Hiligaynon nouns#BASICategory:Hiligaynon terms without pronunciation template#BASICategory:Hiligaynon entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from DanishCategory:Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish#BASICategory:Icelandic terms derived from Danish#BASI base.
Pronunciation
Noun
basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)Category:Icelandic lemmas#BASICategory:Icelandic nouns#BASICategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Icelandic masculine nouns#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- (chemistryCategory:is:Chemistry#BASI) base, alkali
- Synonym: lútur
Declension
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-PhilippineCategory:Ilocano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#BASICategory:Ilocano terms derived from Proto-Philippine#BASI *basi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bá‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/Category:Ilocano terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
Noun
básiCategory:Ilocano lemmas#BASICategory:Ilocano nouns#BASICategory:Ilocano terms without Kur-itan script#BASICategory:Ilocano terms without pronunciation template#BASICategory:Ilocano entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- 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
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#BASICategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
- Rhymes: -asiCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/asi#BASICategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/asi/2 syllables#BASI
- Syllabification: ba‧si
Etymology 1
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#BASICategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BASI basi, perhaps from TamilCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Tamil#BASI 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.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Indonesian entries#BASI
Adjective
basiCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BASICategory:Indonesian adjectives#BASICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
- banal (too common, having been known for so long, basic)
- Synonym: banal
- dated (no longer fashionable)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Probably from TamilCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Tamil#BASI வாசி (vāci, “rate, discount”).
Noun
basiCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BASICategory:Indonesian nouns#BASICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI (dialectalCategory:Indonesian dialectal terms#BASI)
- extra
- Synonym: tambahan
- discount
- Synonyms: diskon, potongan harga
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Perhaps from ChineseCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Chinese#BASICategory:Indonesian terms derived from Chinese#BASI 盤子/盘子 (pánzi).
Noun
basiCategory:Indonesian lemmas#BASICategory:Indonesian nouns#BASICategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Further reading
- “basi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Noun
basi fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Italian noun forms#BASICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Verb
basiCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Italian verb forms#BASICategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Latin
Noun
basīCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Latin noun forms#BASICategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Limos Kalinga
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Limos Kalinga entries#BASI
Noun
basiCategory:Limos Kalinga lemmas#BASICategory:Limos Kalinga nouns#BASICategory:Limos Kalinga entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Lingala
Noun
basi class 2Category:Lingala non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Lingala noun forms#BASICategory:Lingala entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASICategory:Lingala class 2 noun forms
- alternative form of bǎsí
Malay
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Malay entries#BASI
Pronunciation
Adjective
basi (Jawi spelling باسي, comparative lebih basi, superlative paling basi)Category:Malay lemmas#BASICategory:Malay adjectives#BASICategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Synonyms
Descendants
Further reading
- "basi" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-MalayicCategory:Minangkabau terms inherited from Proto-Malayic#BASICategory:Minangkabau terms derived from Proto-Malayic#BASI *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-ChamicCategory:Minangkabau terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BASICategory:Minangkabau terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic#BASI *bəsi.
Noun
basiCategory:Minangkabau lemmas#BASICategory:Minangkabau nouns#BASICategory:Minangkabau entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Mongo
Noun
basiCategory:Mongo lemmas#BASICategory:Mongo nouns#BASICategory:Mongo entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
References
- Edward Algernon Ruskin, Lily Ruskin, A Grammar of the Lomongo Language (1934)
Sranan Tongo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basi/, [ba̠si], [bɑ̟si]Category:Sranan Tongo terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
Etymology 1
From EnglishCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from English#BASI boss.
Noun
basiCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Verb
basiCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo verbs#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- to be in charge of something
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Sranan Tongo entries#BASI
Noun
basiCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#BASICategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from English#BASICategory:Swahili terms derived from English#BASI bus.
Noun
basi class V (plural mabasi class VI)Category:Swahili lemmas#BASICategory:Swahili nouns#BASICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Swahili class V nouns#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Omani ArabicCategory:Swahili terms borrowed from Omani Arabic#BASICategory:Swahili terms derived from Omani Arabic#BASI بس (bass, “enough!”), from PersianCategory:Swahili terms derived from Persian#BASI بس (bas, “enough”).
Conjunction
basiCategory:Swahili lemmas#BASICategory:Swahili conjunctions#BASICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Usage notes
Generally placed after a verb to support an order or express resignation.
Interjection
basi!Category:Swahili lemmas#BASICategory:Swahili interjections#BASICategory:Swahili entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Category:sw:Transport#BASICategory:sw:Vehicles#BASITagalog
Etymology
From Proto-PhilippineCategory:Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Philippine#BASICategory:Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Philippine#BASI *bási (“sugarcane wine”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbasiʔ/ [ˈbaː.sɪʔ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#BASICategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#BASI
- Rhymes: -asiʔCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/asiʔ#BASICategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/asiʔ/2 syllables#BASI
- Syllabification: ba‧siCategory:Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation#BASI
Noun
basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#BASICategory:Tagalog nouns#BASICategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#BASICategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#BASICategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
- basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)
Further reading
Anagrams
Category:tl:Alcoholic beverages#BASIVenetan
Adjective
basiCategory:Venetan non-lemma forms#BASICategory:Venetan adjective forms#BASICategory:Venetan entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
Yogad
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Yogad entries#BASI
Noun
basiCategory:Yogad lemmas#BASICategory:Yogad nouns#BASICategory:Yogad entries with incorrect language header#BASICategory:Pages with entries#BASICategory:Pages with 24 entries#BASI
