nabasa

Ilocano

Etymology

na- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na‧ba‧sá
• IPA^(key): /nabaˈsa/, [nɐbɐˈsa]

Adjective

nabasa

1. wet

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From na- +‎ basa (“reading”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /naˈbasa/ [n̪ɐˈbaː.sɐ] (complete aspect)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌnaˈbasa/ [ˌn̪aːˈbaː.sɐ] (progressive aspect)
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧ba‧sa

Verb

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

nábása (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

1. progressive aspect of bumasa

   Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 2

From na- +‎ basa (“wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /nabaˈsaʔ/ [n̪ɐ.bɐˈsaʔ] (complete aspect)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌnabaˈsaʔ/ [ˌn̪aː.bɐˈsaʔ] (progressive aspect)
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: na‧ba‧sa

Verb

nabasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ)

1. complete aspect of mabasa

Verb

nábasâ (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (dialectal)

1. progressive aspect of bumasa

   Synonym: bumabasa

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish navaja. Doublet of labaha and labasa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /naˈbasa/ [n̪ɐˈbaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: na‧ba‧sa

Noun

nabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜊᜐ) (obsolete)

1. razor

   Synonyms: pang-ahit, labaha, labasa, (obsolete) kalumpagi

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 441: “Nauaja) Nabaſa (pp) C. con que ſe hace [la raſura], y ala llaman todos anſi”

Anagrams

• sabana, basaan