basi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "basi"

Languages (24)

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Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay basi (“stale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basi/

Adjective

basi

1. stale

References

• Lee, Nala H. (2022), “basi”, in A Grammar of Modern Baba Malay, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 343

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. Central Bikol basi, Ilocano basi).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basi

1. rice wine

   Synonym: pangasi

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *basi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basi

1. sugarcane juice

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

   Synonym: gálímoto

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 (barıs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsi/

Noun

basi

1. tiger

   ene basi usude yanji fuguwo

   This tiger by drowning in water

Fijian

Na basi e Suva

Etymology

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

basi

1. bus (motor vehicle)

   Au a calata na basi ena mataka nikua, meu qai waraka tale e dua.

   I missed the bus this morning, so I had to wait for another one.

Derived terms

• basiteni (“bus stand, bus station”)
• ikelekele ni basi (“bus stop”)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “basi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[1], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 15

Hiligaynon

Etymology

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

Adverb

básì

1. perhaps

Noun

bási

1. a type of rice beer

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish base.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpaːsɪ]
• Rhymes: -aːsɪ

Noun

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)

1. (chemistry) base, alkali

   Synonym: lútur

Declension

Declension of basi (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	basi	basinn	basar	basarnir
accusative	basa	basann	basa	basana
dative	basa	basanum	bösum	bösunum
genitive	basa	basans	basa	basanna

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited 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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbasi/ [ˈba.si]
• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: ba‧si

Etymology 1

From Malay basi, perhaps from Tamil வாசி (vāci, “to smell”). Cognate of Tagalog basi (“rice wine”).

Adjective

basi

1. stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
2. banal (too common, having been known for so long, basic)

   Synonym: banal

3. dated (no longer fashionable)

Derived terms

• kebasian
• membasi
• membasikan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

basi (dialectal)

1. extra

   Synonym: tambahan

2. discount

   Synonyms: diskon, potongan harga

Derived terms

• membasi
• membasikan

Etymology 3

Perhaps from Chinese 盤子／盘子 (pánzi).

Noun

basi

1. (dialectal) dish, plate

   Synonyms: pinggan, piring

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 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

Pronunciation

• basi:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈba.sɪ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbaː.s̬i]
• basī:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈba.siː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbaː.s̬i]

Noun

basi

1. vocative singular of basis

Noun

basī

1. dative/ablative singular of basis

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

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

Noun

basi

1. sugar cane wine

Lingala

Noun

basi class 2

1. alternative form of bǎsí

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

basi (Jawi spelling باسي, comparative lebih basi, superlative paling basi)

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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "basi" at PRPM first version)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /basi/, [ba̠si], [bɑ̟si]

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

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

basi

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.

Proto-Italic *opnis

Latin omnis

Latin omnibuslbor.

French omnibusbor.

English omnibusclip.

English busbor.

Swahili basi

Borrowed from English bus.

Noun

basi class V (plural mabasi class VI)

1. bus

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle Persian wsbor.

Persian بس (bas)

Omani Arabic بس (bass)bor.

Swahili basi

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.

Interjection

basi!

1. enough!, stop!

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *bási (“sugarcane wine”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

1. basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

Further reading

• “basi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bási”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• siba, bisa, sabi

Venetan

Adjective

basi

1. masculine plural of baso

Yogad

Etymology

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

Noun

basi

1. sugarcane wine