Mabasa
Let’s welcome the wet season with the Kapampángan word for “wet”! How do you say “wet” in your language?
MABASÂ • (muh-buh-SA’)
wet
Tagálog (Filipino): basâ
Root
BASÂ • (buh-SA’)
wetness, (to) wet, douse
Tagálog (Filipino): basâ
Homonyms
BASÂ = (to) wet, douse
Tagálog (Filipino): basâ
BÁSÂ = (to) read
Tagálog (Filipino): bása/basá
Derived Word
BASAN • (buh-SUHN)
rag for wiping
Tagálog (Filipino): basáhan
Verb Conjugation
mabasâ, mababasâ, mébasâ – to get wet (Stative / Actor Focus)
magbasâ, mágbasâ, mégbasâ – to wet stuff around or oneself (Actor Focus)
básan, babásan, bésâ – to wet something (Object Focus)
Example Sentence
Mébasá ku king mabasang basan. [Kap]
Nabasâ akó sa basáng basáhan. [Tag]
I got wet from the wet rag. [Eng]
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