Ilocano

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Etymology

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na- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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nabasa

  1. wet

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From na- +‎ basa (reading).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

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nábása (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

  1. progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 2

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From na- +‎ basa (wet).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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nabasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

  1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

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nábasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

  1. progressive aspect of bumasa
    Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (obsolete)

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

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