basa
BASA is a word in Cebuano with its meaning in English.
bása v [A3S; ab2] {1} read. Dílì ku makabasa, I cannot read. Wà ku kabasa ánà, I havent had a chance to read that. Basáha ang Biblíya, Read the Bible. Basáhi siya, Read to him. Hibasa-han gánì ni Tátay ang sulat sa ímung trátu, If Father reads your boy friends love letter. {2} interpret signs, omens. Inighuman ug urasiyun sa básu, basáhun dáyun sa tambálan ang ímung mga sakit, After the shaman says the magic words into a glass, he will read your sickness in it. {3} [a3] understand, get the meaning. Nabása ku sa ímung mata nga gihigugma mu siya gi- hápun, I can read in your eyes that you still love him. hiN-() a fond of reading. kabasahun a feel very much like reading. bal-asahun n reading matter. mag-r-l-(), um-r-l-() n the readers of a certain publication. tig- a in the habit of reading.