basa

From Vietnamese ba sa.

basa (plural basa)

1. The catfish Pangasius bocourti.

   Synonyms: (Britain) cobbler, river cobbler

• basa fish

• AABs, BSAA, SABA, Saab, Saba, abas, baas, saba, à bas

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

basa

1. romanization of ᬩᬲ (“herb, spice”)
2. romanization of ᬪᬵᬱ (“language”)

basa (comparative basago, superlative basen, excessive basegi)

1. (Northern, Navarrese) wild

basa inan

1. mud

• “basa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “basa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq.

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/ [baˈsaʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basâ (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. (Naga) wet (covered or impregnated with liquid)

   Synonym: dumog

   Antonyms: alang, mara

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.sa]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

bása (plural barasa, Basahan spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. reading

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈba.za]

basa f (plural bases)

1. (card games) trick

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “basa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “basa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “basa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “basa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˈs̪aʔ]

basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

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

   Antonyms: uga, mala

basâ (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. to wet; to cover or impregnate with liquid
2. to wash
3. to cook with more water than usual
4. to bathe with something on

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.s̪ɐ]

bása (Badlit spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. to read
2. to interpret omens
3. to understand

   Synonym: sabot

Borrowed from German Bass or French basse. The meaning “prison” was probably based on French au violon (“in prison”, literally “in violin”). The meaning “bottle crate” was probably derived from that, with the bottles being confined in the crate.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasa]
• Rhymes: -asa

basa f (related adjective basový)

1. (music) bass (musical instrument)
2. (informal) bottle crate (a crate used to transport bottles)

   Synonym: přepravka

3. (informal, expressive) prison (a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

   Synonyms: vězení, žalář, katr

• “basa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “basa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “basa”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From baso +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbasa]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basa (accusative singular basan, plural basaj, accusative plural basajn)

1. bass, bassy (of, relating to or characteristic of bass)

basa

1. third-person singular past historic of baser

• à bas

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. damp, soaked, wet

basâ (diminutive basâ-basâ)

1. to drench; to wet

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

bása (diminutive basá-bása)

1. to read

• pasa

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head, chief, master”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒʃɒ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• Rhymes: -ʃɒ

basa (plural basák)

1. pasha

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	basa	basák
accusative	basát	basákat
dative	basának	basáknak
instrumental	basával	basákkal
causal-final	basáért	basákért
translative	basává	basákká
terminative	basáig	basákig
essive-formal	basaként	basákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	basában	basákban
superessive	basán	basákon
adessive	basánál	basáknál
illative	basába	basákba
sublative	basára	basákra
allative	basához	basákhoz
elative	basából	basákból
delative	basáról	basákról
ablative	basától	basáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	basáé	basáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	basáéi	basákéi

Possessive forms of basa
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	basám	basáim
2nd person sing.	basád	basáid
3rd person sing.	basája	basái
1st person plural	basánk	basáink
2nd person plural	basátok	basáitok
3rd person plural	basájuk	basáik

• basa in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• basa in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Borrowed from French bas, Italian basso and Spanish bajo, all from Late Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sa/

basa

1. low

• basigar (“to make low, lower, shorten the height of”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• Hyphenation: ba‧sá
• IPA^(key): /baˈsa/, [bɐˈsa]

basá

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

basá

1. soaking

• Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)
• Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• Hyphenation: bá‧sa
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

bása

1. reading
2. study

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sa/
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa
• Rhymes: -asa, -sa, -a

Borrowed from Dutch base, from French base, from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). Doublet of basis.

basa

1. (chemistry) base, any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

   Synonym: alkali

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

basa

1. common sago plantation in Seram

basa

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of bahasa (“language”)

• “basa” 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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbˠɑsˠə], [ˈbˠasˠə]

basa f

1. plural of bas

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
basa	bhasa	mbasa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

basa

1. inflection of basare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

• Saba

basa

1. (Banawá) to put a stick up high

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

basa

1. (Indonesian) Romanization of ꦧꦱ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

• IPA^(key): /bəˈsaʔ/ [bəˈsäʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sâ

basâ

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

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasəʔ/ [ˈbäː.səʔ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

básâ

1. reading
2. act of reading

basa m (plural [please provide])

1. base

basa

1. word

basa

1. Romanization of ᠪᠠᠰᠠ

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)basəq.

basa

1. to wet

Borrowed from Malay baca.

basa

1. to read

Borrowing from Sanskrit भाषा (bhāṣā, “speech, language”)

basa

1. language

• kabasa

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/

basa

1. first/second-person singular preterite/imperfect indicative of is

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
basa	basa pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbasa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• IPA^(key): /ba.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: baśa, bhāṣa
• Hyphenation: ba‧sa

basa

1. Alternative spelling of bhāṣa (“speech; language; poem”)
2. Alternative spelling of waśa (“power, force; dominion”)

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

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

basa

1. inflection of basar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

basa

1. Romanization of ᮘᮞ

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From bas (leader of the daily, actual work) + -a to construct the verb.

basa (present basar, preterite basade, supine basat, imperative basa)

1. (dated) to lead, and direct, the daily work

Borrowed from Malay baca, from Sanskrit वाचा (vācā), instrumental singular of वाच् (vā́c, “speech, voice”). Doublet of boses.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbasa/ [ˈbaː.sɐ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -asa
  • IPA^(key): /baˈsa/ [bɐˈsa] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ba‧sa

basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. reading
2. act of reading

basá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. fond of reading

   Synonyms: palabasa, mapagbasa

2. already read

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq. Compare Malay basah (“wet”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧sa

basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐ)

1. wet

   Antonym: tuyo

• “basa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• saba, saab

basa

1. feminine singular of baso

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bàkia.

-basa

1. (transitive) to light, to kindle
2. (transitive) to stir up, to enflame (trouble)
3. (transitive) to strike hard

Tone L
Infinitive	ukubasa
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukubasa	ukungabasi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	basa	-base
Plural	basani	-baseni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyabasa, ngibasa	engibasayo, engibasa	ngibasa	angibasi	engingabasi	ngingabasi
2nd singular	uyabasa, ubasa	obasayo, obasa	ubasa	awubasi	ongabasi	ungabasi
1st plural	siyabasa, sibasa	esibasayo, esibasa	sibasa	asibasi	esingabasi	singabasi
2nd plural	niyabasa, nibasa	enibasayo, enibasa	nibasa	anibasi	eningabasi	ningabasi
Class 1	uyabasa, ubasa	obasayo, obasa	ebasa	akabasi	ongabasi	engabasi
Class 2	bayabasa, babasa	ababasayo, ababasa	bebasa	ababasi	abangabasi	bengabasi
Class 3	uyabasa, ubasa	obasayo, obasa	ubasa	awubasi	ongabasi	ungabasi
Class 4	iyabasa, ibasa	ebasayo, ebasa	ibasa	ayibasi	engabasi	ingabasi
Class 5	liyabasa, libasa	elibasayo, elibasa	libasa	alibasi	elingabasi	lingabasi
Class 6	ayabasa, abasa	abasayo, abasa	ebasa	awabasi	angabasi	engabasi
Class 7	siyabasa, sibasa	esibasayo, esibasa	sibasa	asibasi	esingabasi	singabasi
Class 8	ziyabasa, zibasa	ezibasayo, ezibasa	zibasa	azibasi	ezingabasi	zingabasi
Class 9	iyabasa, ibasa	ebasayo, ebasa	ibasa	ayibasi	engabasi	ingabasi
Class 10	ziyabasa, zibasa	ezibasayo, ezibasa	zibasa	azibasi	ezingabasi	zingabasi
Class 11	luyabasa, lubasa	olubasayo, olubasa	lubasa	alubasi	olungabasi	lungabasi
Class 14	buyabasa, bubasa	obubasayo, obubasa	bubasa	abubasi	obungabasi	bungabasi
Class 15	kuyabasa, kubasa	okubasayo, okubasa	kubasa	akubasi	okungabasi	kungabasi
Class 17	kuyabasa, kubasa	okubasayo, okubasa	kubasa	akubasi	okungabasi	kungabasi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngibasile, ngibasē	engibasile, engibasē	ngibasile, ngibasē	angibasanga	engingabasanga	ngingabasanga
2nd singular	ubasile, ubasē	obasile, obasē	ubasile, ubasē	awubasanga	ongabasanga	ungabasanga
1st plural	sibasile, sibasē	esibasile, esibasē	sibasile, sibasē	asibasanga	esingabasanga	singabasanga
2nd plural	nibasile, nibasē	enibasile, enibasē	nibasile, nibasē	anibasanga	eningabasanga	ningabasanga
Class 1	ubasile, ubasē	obasile, obasē	ebasile, ebasē	akabasanga	ongabasanga	engabasanga
Class 2	babasile, babasē	ababasile, ababasē	bebasile, bebasē	ababasanga	abangabasanga	bengabasanga
Class 3	ubasile, ubasē	obasile, obasē	ubasile, ubasē	awubasanga	ongabasanga	ungabasanga
Class 4	ibasile, ibasē	ebasile, ebasē	ibasile, ibasē	ayibasanga	engabasanga	ingabasanga
Class 5	libasile, libasē	elibasile, elibasē	libasile, libasē	alibasanga	elingabasanga	lingabasanga
Class 6	abasile, abasē	abasile, abasē	ebasile, ebasē	awabasanga	angabasanga	engabasanga
Class 7	sibasile, sibasē	esibasile, esibasē	sibasile, sibasē	asibasanga	esingabasanga	singabasanga
Class 8	zibasile, zibasē	ezibasile, ezibasē	zibasile, zibasē	azibasanga	ezingabasanga	zingabasanga
Class 9	ibasile, ibasē	ebasile, ebasē	ibasile, ibasē	ayibasanga	engabasanga	ingabasanga
Class 10	zibasile, zibasē	ezibasile, ezibasē	zibasile, zibasē	azibasanga	ezingabasanga	zingabasanga
Class 11	lubasile, lubasē	olubasile, olubasē	lubasile, lubasē	alubasanga	olungabasanga	lungabasanga
Class 14	bubasile, bubasē	obubasile, obubasē	bubasile, bubasē	abubasanga	obungabasanga	bungabasanga
Class 15	kubasile, kubasē	okubasile, okubasē	kubasile, kubasē	akubasanga	okungabasanga	kungabasanga
Class 17	kubasile, kubasē	okubasile, okubasē	kubasile, kubasē	akubasanga	okungabasanga	kungabasanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngābasa	engābasa	ngābasa	angibasanga	engingabasanga	ngingabasanga
2nd singular	wābasa	owābasa	wābasa	awubasanga	ongabasanga	ungabasanga
1st plural	sābasa	esābasa	sābasa	asibasanga	esingabasanga	singabasanga
2nd plural	nābasa	enābasa	nābasa	anibasanga	eningabasanga	ningabasanga
Class 1	wābasa	owābasa	ābasa	akabasanga	ongabasanga	engabasanga
Class 2	bābasa	abābasa	bābasa	ababasanga	abangabasanga	bengabasanga
Class 3	wābasa	owābasa	wābasa	awubasanga	ongabasanga	ungabasanga
Class 4	yābasa	eyābasa	yābasa	ayibasanga	engabasanga	ingabasanga
Class 5	lābasa	elābasa	lābasa	alibasanga	elingabasanga	lingabasanga
Class 6	ābasa	ābasa	ābasa	awabasanga	angabasanga	engabasanga
Class 7	sābasa	esābasa	sābasa	asibasanga	esingabasanga	singabasanga
Class 8	zābasa	ezābasa	zābasa	azibasanga	ezingabasanga	zingabasanga
Class 9	yābasa	eyābasa	yābasa	ayibasanga	engabasanga	ingabasanga
Class 10	zābasa	ezābasa	zābasa	azibasanga	ezingabasanga	zingabasanga
Class 11	lwābasa	olwābasa	lwābasa	alubasanga	olungabasanga	lungabasanga
Class 14	bābasa	obābasa	bābasa	abubasanga	obungabasanga	bungabasanga
Class 15	kwābasa	okwābasa	kwābasa	akubasanga	okungabasanga	kungabasanga
Class 17	kwābasa	okwābasa	kwābasa	akubasanga	okungabasanga	kungabasanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingabasa	—	ngingabasa	ngingebase	—	ngingebase
2nd singular	ungabasa	—	ungabasa	ungebase	—	ungebase
1st plural	singabasa	—	singabasa	singebase	—	singebase
2nd plural	ningabasa	—	ningabasa	ningebase	—	ningebase
Class 1	angabasa	—	engabasa	angebase	—	engebase
Class 2	bangabasa	—	bengabasa	bangebase	—	bengebase
Class 3	ungabasa	—	ungabasa	ungebase	—	ungebase
Class 4	ingabasa	—	ingabasa	ingebase	—	ingebase
Class 5	lingabasa	—	lingabasa	lingebase	—	lingebase
Class 6	angabasa	—	engabasa	angebase	—	engebase
Class 7	singabasa	—	singabasa	singebase	—	singebase
Class 8	zingabasa	—	zingabasa	zingebase	—	zingebase
Class 9	ingabasa	—	ingabasa	ingebase	—	ingebase
Class 10	zingabasa	—	zingabasa	zingebase	—	zingebase
Class 11	lungabasa	—	lungabasa	lungebase	—	lungebase
Class 14	bungabasa	—	bungabasa	bungebase	—	bungebase
Class 15	kungabasa	—	kungabasa	kungebase	—	kungebase
Class 17	kungabasa	—	kungabasa	kungebase	—	kungebase
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizobasa	engizobasa	ngizobasa	angizubasa	engingezubasa	ngingezubasa
2nd singular	uzobasa	ozobasa	uzobasa	awuzubasa	ongezubasa	ungezubasa
1st plural	sizobasa	esizobasa	sizobasa	asizubasa	esingezubasa	singezubasa
2nd plural	nizobasa	enizobasa	nizobasa	anizubasa	eningezubasa	ningezubasa
Class 1	uzobasa	ozobasa	ezobasa	akazubasa	ongezubasa	engezubasa
Class 2	bazobasa	abazobasa	bezobasa	abazubasa	abangezubasa	bengezubasa
Class 3	uzobasa	ozobasa	uzobasa	awuzubasa	ongezubasa	ungezubasa
Class 4	izobasa	ezobasa	izobasa	ayizubasa	engezubasa	ingezubasa
Class 5	lizobasa	elizobasa	lizobasa	alizubasa	elingezubasa	lingezubasa
Class 6	azobasa	azobasa	ezobasa	awazubasa	angezubasa	engezubasa
Class 7	sizobasa	esizobasa	sizobasa	asizubasa	esingezubasa	singezubasa
Class 8	zizobasa	ezizobasa	zizobasa	azizubasa	ezingezubasa	zingezubasa
Class 9	izobasa	ezobasa	izobasa	ayizubasa	engezubasa	ingezubasa
Class 10	zizobasa	ezizobasa	zizobasa	azizubasa	ezingezubasa	zingezubasa
Class 11	luzobasa	oluzobasa	luzobasa	aluzubasa	olungezubasa	lungezubasa
Class 14	buzobasa	obuzobasa	buzobasa	abuzubasa	obungezubasa	bungezubasa
Class 15	kuzobasa	okuzobasa	kuzobasa	akuzubasa	okungezubasa	kungezubasa
Class 17	kuzobasa	okuzobasa	kuzobasa	akuzubasa	okungezubasa	kungezubasa
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyobasa	engiyobasa	ngiyobasa	angiyubasa	engingeyubasa	ngingeyubasa
2nd singular	uyobasa	oyobasa	uyobasa	awuyubasa	ongeyubasa	ungeyubasa
1st plural	siyobasa	esiyobasa	siyobasa	asiyubasa	esingeyubasa	singeyubasa
2nd plural	niyobasa	eniyobasa	niyobasa	aniyubasa	eningeyubasa	ningeyubasa
Class 1	uyobasa	oyobasa	eyobasa	akayubasa	ongeyubasa	engeyubasa
Class 2	bayobasa	abayobasa	beyobasa	abayubasa	abangeyubasa	bengeyubasa
Class 3	uyobasa	oyobasa	uyobasa	awuyubasa	ongeyubasa	ungeyubasa
Class 4	iyobasa	eyobasa	iyobasa	ayiyubasa	engeyubasa	ingeyubasa
Class 5	liyobasa	eliyobasa	liyobasa	aliyubasa	elingeyubasa	lingeyubasa
Class 6	ayobasa	ayobasa	eyobasa	awayubasa	angeyubasa	engeyubasa
Class 7	siyobasa	esiyobasa	siyobasa	asiyubasa	esingeyubasa	singeyubasa
Class 8	ziyobasa	eziyobasa	ziyobasa	aziyubasa	ezingeyubasa	zingeyubasa
Class 9	iyobasa	eyobasa	iyobasa	ayiyubasa	engeyubasa	ingeyubasa
Class 10	ziyobasa	eziyobasa	ziyobasa	aziyubasa	ezingeyubasa	zingeyubasa
Class 11	luyobasa	oluyobasa	luyobasa	aluyubasa	olungeyubasa	lungeyubasa
Class 14	buyobasa	obuyobasa	buyobasa	abuyubasa	obungeyubasa	bungeyubasa
Class 15	kuyobasa	okuyobasa	kuyobasa	akuyubasa	okungeyubasa	kungeyubasa
Class 17	kuyobasa	okuyobasa	kuyobasa	akuyubasa	okungeyubasa	kungeyubasa
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngibase	ngingabasi
2nd singular	ubase	ungabasi
1st plural	sibase	singabasi
2nd plural	nibase	ningabasi
Class 1	abase	angabasi
Class 2	babase	bangabasi
Class 3	ubase	ungabasi
Class 4	ibase	ingabasi
Class 5	libase	lingabasi
Class 6	abase	angabasi
Class 7	sibase	singabasi
Class 8	zibase	zingabasi
Class 9	ibase	ingabasi
Class 10	zibase	zingabasi
Class 11	lubase	lungabasi
Class 14	bubase	bungabasi
Class 15	kubase	kungabasi
Class 17	kubase	kungabasi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngabasa	ngangabasa, angabasa, angangabasa
2nd singular	wabasa	wangabasa, awabasa, awangabasa
1st plural	sabasa	sangabasa, asabasa, asangabasa
2nd plural	nabasa	nangabasa, anabasa, anangabasa
Class 1	wabasa	wangabasa, akabasa, akangabasa
Class 2	babasa	bangabasa, ababasa, abangabasa
Class 3	wabasa	wangabasa, awabasa, awangabasa
Class 4	yabasa	yangabasa, ayabasa, ayangabasa
Class 5	labasa	langabasa, alabasa, alangabasa
Class 6	abasa	angabasa, awabasa, awangabasa
Class 7	sabasa	sangabasa, asabasa, asangabasa
Class 8	zabasa	zangabasa, azabasa, azangabasa
Class 9	yabasa	yangabasa, ayabasa, ayangabasa
Class 10	zabasa	zangabasa, azabasa, azangabasa
Class 11	lwabasa	lwangabasa, alwabasa, alwangabasa
Class 14	babasa	bangabasa, ababasa, abangabasa
Class 15	kwabasa	kwangabasa, akwabasa, akwangabasa
Class 17	kwabasa	kwangabasa, akwabasa, akwangabasa

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓasa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓasa (7.4)”