basah

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

• IPA^(key): /baˈsah/, [baˈs̻̪ah]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sah

basah (Jawoe spelling باسه)

1. wet

   Ija lôn basah lam ujeuen ― My cloth is wet from the rain

• Bakar, Aboe et al. (1985), Kamus Aceh Indonesia [Acehnese-Indonesian Dictionary] (Seri K; 85), Seri 1. A-L [Volume 1. A-L] (eBook; overall work in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 63
• Langen, K. F. H. van (1889), Woordenboek der Atjehsche Taal [Dictionary of the Acehnese Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Dutch), Den Haag: 's Gravenhage : Martinus Nijhoff, page 26
• 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.

From Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

• IPA^(key): /basaᵊh/

basah

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

• pemasah (“wetness”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbasah/ [ˈba.sah]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asah
• Syllabification: ba‧sah

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

basah (comparative lebih basah, superlative paling basah)

1. wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)
2. fresh, recent (after getting wet)

   Synonyms: baru, gres, segar

3. (figurative, rare) profitable

   Synonym: berlaba

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦱꦃ (basah, “general/commander”).

basah (plural basah-basah)

1. the title for the most respected general

• “basah”, 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

• basak (Sambas)

From Proto-Malayic *basah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”) or Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ma-baseq (“wet, moist, damp”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasah/ [ˈba.sah]
• Rhymes: -asah, -sah, -ah
• Hyphenation: ba‧sah

basah (Jawi spelling باسه, comparative lebih basah, superlative paling basah)

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

   Antonym: kering

• "basah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasah/, [ˈba.sah]
• Rhymes: -sah
• Hyphenation: ba‧sah

basah

1. wet
2. decomposed, rot

• > Javanese: ꦧꦱꦃ (basah) (inherited)

• "basah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.