Ilocano edit

Etymology edit

na- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: na‧ba‧sá
  • IPA(key): /nabaˈsa/, [nɐbɐˈsa]

Adjective edit

nabasa

  1. wet

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

From na- +‎ basa (reading).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /naˈbasa/ [nɐˈba.sɐ] (complete aspect)
    • IPA(key): /ˌnaˈbasa/ [ˌnaˈba.sɐ] (progressive aspect)
  • Rhymes: -asa
  • Syllabification: na‧ba‧sa

Verb edit

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb edit

nábása (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. (dialectal) progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 2 edit

From na- +‎ basa (wet).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /nabaˈsaʔ/ [nɐ.bɐˈsaʔ] (complete aspect)
    • IPA(key): /ˌnabaˈsaʔ/ [ˌna.bɐˈsaʔ] (progressive aspect)
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: na‧ba‧sa

Verb edit

nabasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb edit

nábasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. (dialectal) progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 3 edit

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish navaja. Doublet of labaha and labasa.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. (obsolete) razor
    Synonyms: pang-ahit, labaha, labasa, (obsolete) kalumpagi

References edit