basah
Acehnese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Chamic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
Adjective edit
basah
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *basəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
basah
- wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
Derived terms edit
- pemasah (“wetness”)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
basah
- wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
- fresh: newly produced or obtained; recent.
- (figurative) profitable
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “basah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayic *basəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
basah (Jawi spelling باسه)
- wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
Derived terms edit
- kebasahan (“wetness”)
Further reading edit
- “basah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.