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basu

Pronunciation: /ˈbɑ.su/

“basu” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. purple; scarlet; crimson

noun

  1. purple
  2. a scarlet robe
  3. berry

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *basu (“crimson, purple”).

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