basi
Baba Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basi/
Bikol Central
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *basi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/
Brunei Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *bəsi, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *bəsi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basi/
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
Catalan
Cebuano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *basi (“sugarcane wine”) (cf. Bikol Central basi, Ilocano basi).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/, [ˈba.s̪ɪ]
Chichewa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɓa.si/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbá.si/
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɓa.si/
Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *bars, a loanword from Proto-Turkic *bars (“leopard, large feline”) of unclear etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpasi/, [ˈpɑsɪ]
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpaːsɪ/
- Rhymes: -aːsɪ
Declension
Ilocano
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *basi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bá‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasi/
Noun
bási
Derived terms
- basien
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbasi]
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
Etymology 1
From Malay basi, probably 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.)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- kebasian
- membasi
- membasikan
Noun
basi (plural basi-basi, first-person possessive basiku, second-person possessive basimu, third-person possessive basinya)
Derived terms
- membasi
- membasikan
Noun
basi (plural basi-basi, first-person possessive basiku, second-person possessive basimu, third-person possessive basinya)
Further reading
- “basi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Verb
basi
- inflection of basare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Latin
Limos Kalinga
Lingala
Noun
basi class 2
- Alternative form of bǎsí
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basi/
- Rhymes: -asi, -si, -i
Adjective
basi (Jawi spelling باسي)
Synonyms
Further reading
- “basi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mongo
References
- Edward Algernon Ruskin, Lily Ruskin, A Grammar of the Lomongo Language (1934)
Swahili

Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Omani Arabic بس (bass, “enough!”), from Persian بس (bas, “enough”).
Usage notes
Generally placed after a verb to support an order or express resignation.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧si
- IPA(key): /ˈbasiʔ/, [ˈba.sɪʔ]