pabasa

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ basa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˈbasa/ [pɐˈbaː.sɐ]
• Rhymes: -asa
• Syllabification: pa‧ba‧sa

Noun

pabasa (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜊᜐ)

1. invitation to read; letting of something to be read
2. (Catholicism, literature) reading of the Passion during Lent

Derived terms

• magbasa
• pabasahin

 

See also

• Pasyon

 

Further reading

• “pabasa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018