"basa-basa" meaning in Tagalog

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Adjective

IPA: /baˌsaʔ baˈsaʔ/, [bɐˌsaʔ bɐˈsaʔ], /baˌsa(ʔ) baˈsaʔ/ (note: with glottal stop elision), [bɐˌsaː bɐˈsaʔ] (note: with glottal stop elision), /ˌbasa ˈbasa/, [ˌbaː.sɐ ˈbaː.sɐ] Forms: basâ-basâ [canonical], ᜊᜐᜊᜐ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔ, -asa Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *basəq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq Tagalog basaredup. Tagalog basa-basa Reduplication of basa (“wet”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:reduplication|basa<id:wet><t:wet>|text=+|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *basəq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq Tagalog basaredup. Tagalog basa-basa [Appendix:Glossary#reduplication|Reduplication]] of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "wet", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*basəq", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*basəq", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "basa", "gloss" : "wet", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword" : "reduplication" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "basa-basa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="basa-basa"> Reduplication of basa (“wet”). Head templates: {{tl-adj|basâ-basâ|b=+}} basâ-basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜊᜐ)
  1. slightly wet; damp; moist
    Sense id: en-basa-basa-tl-adj-8Cy2n3Vq

Noun

IPA: /baˌsaʔ baˈsaʔ/, [bɐˌsaʔ bɐˈsaʔ], /baˌsa(ʔ) baˈsaʔ/ (note: with glottal stop elision), [bɐˌsaː bɐˈsaʔ] (note: with glottal stop elision), /ˌbasa ˈbasa/, [ˌbaː.sɐ ˈbaː.sɐ] Forms: ᜊᜐᜊᜐ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔ, -asa Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *basəq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq Tagalog basaredup. Tagalog basa-basa Reduplication of basa (“wet”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:reduplication|basa<id:wet><t:wet>|text=+|tree=+}} Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *basəq Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq Tagalog basaredup. Tagalog basa-basa [Appendix:Glossary#reduplication|Reduplication]] of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "wet", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Austronesian", "term" : "*basəq", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "map-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian", "term" : "*basəq", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "poz-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "basa", "gloss" : "wet", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword" : "reduplication" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "basa-basa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="basa-basa"> Reduplication of basa (“wet”). Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} basa-basa (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜊᜐ)
  1. rice porridge made from leftover rice Synonyms: lugaw
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.