basah

Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Adjective

basah

1. wet

References

• 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

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /basaᵊh/

Adjective

basah

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Derived terms

• pemasah (“wetness”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basəh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasah]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sah

Adjective

basah

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)
2. fresh: newly produced or obtained; recent.
3. (figurative) profitable

Derived terms

• basahan
• berbasah-basah
• kebasah-basahan
• kebasahan
• keterbasahan
• membasahi
• membasahkan
• pembasahan

 

• basah kerongkongan
• basah kuyup
• basah lencun

 

• kamar mandi basah
• pasar basah

 

Further reading

• “basah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Alternative forms

• basak (Sambas)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /basah/
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah

Adjective

basah (Jawi spelling باسه)

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid)

Derived terms

• kebasahan (“wetness”)

Further reading

• “basah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.