basi

From Malay basi (“stale”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /basi/

basi

1. stale

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

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

basi

1. juice from sugar cane

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

• IPA^(key): /basi/
• Hyphenation: ba‧si

basi

1. iron (element)
2. metal (atomic element or material made of such atoms)

basi

1. inflection of basar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Proto-Philippine *basi (“sugarcane wine”) (cf. Bikol Central basi, Ilocano basi).

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

basi

1. rice wine

   Synonym: pangasi

From Swahili basi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.si/

basi

1. enough, no more

Borrowed from English bus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbá.si/

bási class 9 (plural mabási class 6)

1. bus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɓa.si/

-basi

1. very many, very much

From Proto-Mongolic *bars, a loanword from Proto-Turkic *bars (“leopard, large feline”) of unclear etymology.

Compare Mongolian бар (bar), Kazakh барыс (barys).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑsi/

basi

1. tiger

   ene basi usude yanji fuguwo

   This tiger by drowning in water

Borrowed from English bus

basi

1. bus

básì

1. perhaps

bási

1. a type of rice beer

From Danish base.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaːsɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːsɪ

basi m (genitive singular basa, nominative plural basar)

1. (chemistry) base, alkali

Declension of basi
m-w1	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

• (base, alkali): lútur

From Proto-Philippine *basi.

• Hyphenation: bá‧si
• IPA^(key): /ˈbasi/

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

• basien

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

From Malay basi, perhaps from Tamil வாசி (vāci, “to smell”). Cognate of Tagalog basi (“rice wine”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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)

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

basi (dialectal)

1. extra

   Synonym: tambahan

2. discount

   Synonyms: diskon, potongan harga

Perhaps from Chinese 盤子／盘子 (pánzi).

basi

1. (dialectal) dish, plate

   Synonyms: pinggan, piring

• “basi” 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.

basi f

1. plural of base

basi

1. inflection of basare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

basī

1. dative/ablative singular of basis

basi

1. sugar cane wine

basi class 2

1. Alternative form of bǎsí

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

basi (Jawi spelling باسي)

1. (of food) stale, rancid (no longer fresh)
2. banal (common)
3. dated (no longer fashionable)

• banal

• Baba Malay: basi
• Indonesian: basi

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

From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.

basi

1. iron

basi

1. water

• Edward Algernon Ruskin, Lily Ruskin, A Grammar of the Lomongo Language (1934)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbasi/, [ˈba̠si], [ˈbɑ̟si]

From English boss.

basi

1. boss

basi

1. to be in charge of something

• amrabasi

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

basi

1. bark (of a tree), shell (of a nut or coconut)

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Borrowed from English bus.

basi (ma class, plural mabasi)

1. bus

Borrowed from Omani Arabic بس (bass, “enough!”), from Persian بس (bas, “enough”).

basi

1. well; then; so

   Imba basi!

   Well, sing!

Generally placed after a verb to support an order or express resignation.

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

basì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜒ)

1. basi (Philippine sugarcane liquor)

• siba, bisa, sabi

basi

1. masculine plural of baso

basi

1. sugarcane wine