Where does “basa'” come from?

basa' (Tausug) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq, from Proto-Austronesian *baseq.

basa' (Tausug): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “basa'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbasəqwet of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid
2Proto-Austronesian*baseq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *baseq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian basəq →
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