baso

See also: baso', basó, basò, baso-, and båso

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English

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English

Etymology

Clipping of basically +‎ -o (diminutive suffix). Compare deffo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪsoʊ/
• Rhymes: -eɪsəʊ

Adverb

baso (not comparable)

1. (slang) Abbreviation of basically.

   i mean yeah it's baso the same tbh

Asturian

Verb

baso

1. first-person singular present indicative of basar

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas̺o/ [ba.s̺o]
• Rhymes: -as̺o, -o
• Hyphenation: ba‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Basque *baso (“wilderness”).

Alternative forms

• basa- (combining form)

Noun

baso inan

1. forest, woods, jungle

   Synonym: oihan

2. (in compounds) wild

Declension

Declension of baso (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	baso	basoa	basoak	basook
ergative	basok	basoak	basoek	basook
dative	basori	basoari	basoei	basooi
genitive	basoren	basoaren	basoen	basoon
comitative	basorekin	basoarekin	basoekin	basookin
causative	basorengatik	basoarengatik	basoengatik	basoongatik
benefactive	basorentzat	basoarentzat	basoentzat	basoontzat
instrumental	basoz	basoaz	basoez	basootaz
inessive	basotan	basoan	basoetan	basootan
locative	basotako	basoko	basoetako	basootako
allative	basotara	basora	basoetara	basootara
terminative	basotaraino	basoraino	basoetaraino	basootaraino
directive	basotarantz	basorantz	basoetarantz	basootarantz
destinative	basotarako	basorako	basoetarako	basootarako
ablative	basotatik	basotik	basoetatik	basootatik
partitive	basorik	—	—	—
prolative	basotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• basabaratxuri (“wild garlic”)
• basabazter (“secluded, lonely place”)
• basabehi (“Pyrenean cow”)
• basabere (“wild animal”)
• basabide (“path”)
• basabitxilore (“common daisy”)
• basaburu (“isolated populated place”)
• Basaburua
• basaerramu (“European spindle tree”)
• basaesparrago (“wild aspargus”)
• basaezti (“wild honey”)
• basafruitu (“berry”)
• basaganadu (“wild cattle”)
• basagari (“brome”)
• basagerezi (“wild cherry”)
• basagereziondo (“wild cherry tree”)
• basagizon (“savage”)
• basagurbe (“wild service tree”)
• basahate (“mallard”)
• basahuntz (“deer”)
• basahuntz alpetar (“Alpine ibex”)
• basahuntz piriniotar (“Iberian ibex”)
• basahuntzkume (“fawn”)
• basailen (“field marigold”)
• basailora (“low-quality flour”)
• basajainko (“idol, fake god”)
• Basajaun
• basajende (“uncivilized people”)
• basaka (“wild”)
• basakatu (“wildcat”)
• basaker (“male wild goat”)
• basakeria (“savagery”)
• basaki (“wildly”)
• basalandare (“wild plant”)
• basalapur (“highwayman”)
• basaleku (“wasteland”)
• basalore (“wild flower”)
• basalur (“non-arable land”)
• basamahats (“wild grape”)
• basamahatsondo (“wild wine grape”)
• basamakatz (“wild pear tree”)
• basamarrubi (“wild strawberry”)
• basamortu (“desert”) (see there for further derived terms)
• Basandere
• basaperrexil (“hemlock”)
• basapiku (“sycamore fig”)
• basapiztia (“wild animal”)
• basaporru (“branched asphodel”)
• basaran (“blackthorn”)
• basarbi (“Bunium”)
• basarrosa (“rosehip”)
• basarte (“woodlands, forested area”)
• basarto (“sorghum”)
• basasagu (“wood mouse”)
• basasto (“rosehip”)
• basasto (“onager”)
• basasto afrikar (“African wild ass”)
• basasto asiar (“Asiatic wild ass”)
• basatasun (“savagery”)
• basate
• basati (“savage”)
• basatipula (“sea onion”)
• basatu (“to go astray”)
• basatxikoria (“common chicory”)
• basatxori (“unsociable”)
• Basauri
• basauso (“common wood pigeon”)
• basazaldi (“wild horse”)
• basaziape (“wild mustard”)
• baseliza (“chapel”)
• baserri (“farmhouse”) (see there for further derived terms)
• basetxe (“farmhouse”)
• baso bakan (“open woodland”)
• baso meats (“open woodland”)
• baso sarri (“closed forest”)
• baso zerratu (“closed forest”)
• baso-anemona (“wood anemone”)
• baso-eguerdilili (“wood anemone”)
• baso-igel gorri (“European common frog”)
• baso-igel iberiar (“Iberian frog”)
• baso-igel jauzkari (“agile frog”)
• baso-saguzar (“western barbastelle”)
• baso-txinbo (“garden warbler”)
• basoalde (“woodlands, forested area”)
• basobera (“scrubland”)
• basoberritu (“to reforest”)
• basoetako gerri-txori (“Eurasian treecreeper”)
• basoetako mingots (“wood sorrel”)
• basogin (“forester”)
• basogintza (“forestry”)
• basoilar (“wood grouse”)
• basoilo (“bustard”)
• basoilo handi (“great bustard”)
• basoilo txiki (“little bustard”)
• basoliba (“wild olive”)
• basolibondo (“wild olive tree”)
• basolo (“brome”)
• basomutil (“male who works in a forest”)
• basoratu (“to enter a forest”)
• basotar (“wild”)
• basotu (“to forest”)
• basozain (“forester”)
• basozaintza (“forestry”)
• basur (“torrent”)
• basurde (“boar”)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Basque baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso.

Noun

baso inan

1. drinking glass
2. (biology) vessel

   Synonym: hodi

Declension

Declension of baso (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	baso	basoa	basoak	basook
ergative	basok	basoak	basoek	basook
dative	basori	basoari	basoei	basooi
genitive	basoren	basoaren	basoen	basoon
comitative	basorekin	basoarekin	basoekin	basookin
causative	basorengatik	basoarengatik	basoengatik	basoongatik
benefactive	basorentzat	basoarentzat	basoentzat	basoontzat
instrumental	basoz	basoaz	basoez	basootaz
inessive	basotan	basoan	basoetan	basootan
locative	basotako	basoko	basoetako	basootako
allative	basotara	basora	basoetara	basootara
terminative	basotaraino	basoraino	basoetaraino	basootaraino
directive	basotarantz	basorantz	basoetarantz	basootarantz
destinative	basotarako	basorako	basoetarako	basootarako
ablative	basotatik	basotik	basoetatik	basootatik
partitive	basorik	—	—	—
prolative	basotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• baso-azpiko (“coaster”)
• basodilatazio (“vasodilation”)
• basoerdi (“small glass of wine”)
• basokada (“contents of a drinking glass”)
• basokonstrikzio (“vasoconstriction”)

Etymology 3

Adverb

baso (not comparable)

1. (Northern) capably

Derived terms

• baso izan (“to be capable”)

Further reading

• “baso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “baso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Verb

baso

1. first-person singular present indicative of basar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Central Bikol baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧so
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/ [ˈba.so]

Noun

baso

1. glass (for drinking)

See also

• kopa
• sulyaw
• tasa

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian basso, Polish bas, Russian бас (bas), French basse, English bass, German Bass, Yiddish באַס (bas), all ultimately from Latin bassus (“short, low, stumpy, thick”). Compare Portuguese baixo, Spanish bajo, Hungarian basszus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Noun

baso (accusative singular bason, plural basoj, accusative plural basojn)

1. (music, all senses) bass

Derived terms

• basa (“bass (adjective), bassy”)
• basgitaro (“bass guitar”)

Related terms

• aldo (“alto”)
• baritono (“baritone”)
• falseto, kapvoĉo (“falsetto”)
• mezosoprano (“mezzo-soprano”)
• soprano (“soprano”)
• tenoro (“tenor”)

Further reading

• “baso”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “baso”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasoder.

Hiligaynon baso

Derived from Spanish vaso.

Noun

báso

1. glass, vase

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər

Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yom

Proto-Hellenic *-yon

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ἧπατιον (hêpation)der.

Vulgar Latin *hepatium?

Proto-Indo-European *bodyos?

Latin badiusder.?

Spanish bazoder.

Hiligaynon baso

Derived from Spanish bazo.

Noun

báso

1. spleen

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sɔ/

Noun

baso (plural basi)

1. bass

Antonyms

• falseto

Istriot

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin bassus, from uncertain origin.

Adjective

baso

1. low, short
2. plane, flat

Noun

baso m

1. down, below
2. under, beneath
3. male voice

References

• Antonio Pellizzer; Giovanni Pellizzer (1992), Vocabulario del dialetto di Rovigno d'Istria, page 103
• Cergna, Sandro (2015), Vocabolario del dialetto di Valle d'Istria‎^[1], →ISBN, →OCLC

Italian

Verb

baso

1. first-person singular present indicative of basare

Anagrams

• soba

Karao

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Karao baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso.

Noun

baso

1. drinking glass

Minangkabau

Etymology

Syncopic form of bahaso, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

baso

1. language

Musi

Alternative forms

• basé (Upper Musi)
• base (Lematang, Coastal)

Etymology

Syncopic form of bahaso, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā).

Noun

baso

1. (Palembang, Penesak, Rawas) language

Negeri Sembilan Malay

Etymology

From Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “a language”)

Noun

baso

1. language

Nias

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baso/

Verb

baso (imperfective mombaso or mambaso)

1. to read

References

• Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.so/, [ˈbɑ.zo]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.so

Adjective

baso

1. alternative form of basu

Pangasinan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Pangasinan baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/, [ˈba.so]
• Hyphenation: ba‧so

Noun

baso

1. drinking glass

Sambali

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Sambali baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso (“drinking glass”).

Noun

baso

1. drinking glass

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/ [ˈba.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Verb

baso

1. first-person singular present indicative of basar

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wāss

Latin vās

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Latin vāsum

Old Spanish vaso

Spanish vasobor.

Tagalog baso

Borrowed from Spanish vaso (“drinking glass”), from Old Spanish vaso, from Latin vāsum, from vās + -um. Compare English vase. Doublet of paso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/ [ˈbaː.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Noun

baso (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓ)

1. drinking glass

   Synonym: inuman

Derived terms

• basu-basuhan
• basuhan
• magbaso
• sambaso

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər

Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yom

Proto-Hellenic *-yon

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ἧπατιον (hêpation)der.

Vulgar Latin *hepatium?

Proto-Indo-European *bodyos?

Latin badiusder.?

Spanish bazobor.

Tagalog baso

Borrowed from Spanish bazo, possibly from Vulgar Latin *hepatium, or possibly from Latin badius. Possible doublet of bayo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/ [ˈbaː.so]
• Rhymes: -aso
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Noun

baso (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓ) (anatomy)

1. spleen

   Synonyms: pali, limpa, lapay

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈso/ [bɐˈso]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Noun

basó (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓ)

1. aim; aiming (at a target)

   Synonyms: puntirya, asinta, pagpuntirya, pag-asinta

Derived terms

• basuhan
• basuhin
• kabaso
• pagbabaso

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbasoʔ/ [ˈbaː.soʔ], /baˈsoʔ/ [bɐˈsoʔ]
• Rhymes: -asoʔ, -oʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧so

Noun

basò or basô (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜓ)

1. trying; trial

   Synonyms: subok, pagsubok; ato, pag-ato

2. assay; testing

   Synonyms: puntirya, pagpuntirya; asinta, pag-asinta

3. trial and error method

   Synonym: pagbabakasakali

Derived terms

• basuan
• basuin
• bumaso
• mambabaso
• pagbaso
• pambaso
• tagabaso

Further reading

• “baso”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “baso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina [Hispanicisms in Tagalog: dictionary of words of Spanish origin still used in this Philippine language], Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana [Office of Ibero-American Education], page 77
• Santos, Vito C. (1978), Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 142

Anagrams

• sabo

Taroko

Noun

baso

1. sago

References

• Tseng, Teminawi (1997), 泰雅賽德克族人食物及其典故（一） [A study of Seediq Atayal's foods and their stories, Volume 1] (in Taroko, Chinese, and English), Taipei, →ISBN, page 2

Ternate

Etymology

Possibly cognate with West Makian baso (“to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.so]

Verb

baso

1. (transitive) to feel
2. (transitive) to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of baso

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tobaso	fobaso	mibaso
2nd person		nobaso	nibaso
3rd person	masculine	obaso	ibaso yobaso (archaic)
	feminine	mobaso
	neuter	ibaso

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Venetan

Alternative forms

• bas

Etymology

From Late Latin bassus.

Adjective

baso (feminine singular basa, masculine plural basi, feminine plural base)

1. low
2. short
3. deep

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.s̪o/

Verb

baso

1. (transitive) to hear

Conjugation

Conjugation of baso (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tabaso	mabaso	abaso
2nd person		nabaso	fabaso
3rd person	inanimate	ibaso	dabaso
	animate
imperative		nabaso, baso	fabaso, baso

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics