basa · noun1
Ellipsis of basa fish, from Vietnamese ba sa + English fish. Partial calque of Vietnamese cá ba sa.
Basa · proper noun2
- Basque · derived frombaso“forest, woods, jungle”
- English todayBasa
Common Filipino surname, ultimately from Basque baso (“forest, woods, jungle”).
Words from the same roots
Basquebaso all →
Basaldua
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.