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basah

Pronunciation: /ˈbasah/

“basah” is an Indonesian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. wet (covered with or impregnated with liquid)
  2. fresh, recent (after getting wet)
  3. profitable

noun

  1. the title for the most respected general

Etymology

From Malay basah, from Proto-Malayic *basah, from from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *basəq (“wet; wash clothes”), from Proto-Austronesian *baseq (“wash clothes”). Doublet of basuh.

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