Tagalog Etymology 1 Reduplication of basa (“read”). Pronunciation (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌsaŋ baˈsa/ [bɐˌsam bɐˈsa] Rhymes: -a Syllabification: ba‧sang-ba‧sa Adjective basáng-basá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜊᜐ) very readable read like a book (of a person) Etymology 2 Reduplication of basa (“wet”). Pronunciation (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /baˌsaŋ baˈsaʔ/ [bɐˌsam bɐˈsaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: ba‧sang-ba‧sa Adjective basáng-basâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜅ᜔ᜊᜐ) very wet Synonyms: puyog, (dialectal) latitiWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.