"basa fish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: basa fish [plural], basa fishes [plural]
Etymology: From Vietnamese ba sa + English fish. Partial calque of Vietnamese cá ba sa. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|vi:ba sa|fish|:pclq|vi:cá ba sa|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fiskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*fisk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "fisċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "fisch", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" }, { "keyword_abbrev" : "pcalq.", "keyword_label" : "Partial calque of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Vietnamese", "term" : "cá ba sa", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "vi" } ], "keyword" : "partial calque" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "basa fish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="basa fish"> From Vietnamese ba sa + English fish. Partial calque of Vietnamese cá ba sa., {{ety|en|:af|vi:ba sa|fish|:pclq|vi:cá ba sa|text=+}} From Vietnamese ba sa + English fish. Partial calque of Vietnamese cá ba sa. Head templates: {{en-noun|*|es}} basa fish (plural basa fish or basa fishes)
  1. A shark catfish native to southeast Asia, of species Pangasius bocourti. Derived forms: basa
    Sense id: en-basa_fish-en-noun-C6dOpya- Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Catfish Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 80 20 Disambiguation of Catfish: 84 16
  2. Other species in family Pangasiidae.
    Sense id: en-basa_fish-en-noun-qXyqusn~

Inflected forms

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