basain

Tagalog

Etymology

From basa +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /basaˈʔin/, [bɐ.sɐˈʔin]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ba‧sa‧in

Verb

basaín (complete binasa, progressive binabasa, contemplative babasain, 1st object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜐᜁᜈ᜔)

1. to wet; to make wet

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for basain (Class III) - mang/in object verb

Root word				basa
Trigger	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
Actor	mang-	mambasa	nambasa	nambabasa	mambabasa	kapambabasa1 kakapambasa kapapambasa
Object	-in	basain	binasa	binabasa inabasa2	babasain abasain2	⁠—
Locative	pang- -an	pambasaan	pinambasaan	pinambabasaan pinapambasaan	pambabasaan papambasaan	⁠—
Benefactive	ipang-	ipambasa	ipinambasa	ipinapambasa	ipapambasa	⁠—
Instrument	ipang-	ipambasa	ipinambasa	ipinapambasa	ipapambasa	⁠—
Causative	ikapang-	ikapambasa	ikinapambasa	ikinapambabasa1 ikinakapambasa	ikapambabasa1 ikakapambasa	⁠—
1Used in formal contexts. 2Dialectal use only.

Indirect (pa-) verb forms

Trigger	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative	Recently Complete
Actor	magpa-	magpabasa	nagpabasa	nagpapabasa	magpapabasa	⁠kapababasa1 kapapabasa kapagpapabasa kakapabasa
Actor-secondary	papang- -in	papambasain	pinapambasa	pinapapambasa	papapambasain	⁠—
Object	ipa-	ipabasa	ipinabasa	ipinababasa ipinapabasa	ipababasa ipapabasa	⁠—
Benefactive	ipagpa-	ipagpabasa	ipinagpabasa	ipinagpapabasa1 ipinapagpabasa	ipagpapabasa1 ipapagpabasa	⁠—
	ipapang-	ipapambasa	ipinapambasa	ipinapapambasa	ipapapambasa	⁠—
Causative	ikapagpapang-	ikapagpapambasa	ikinapagpapambasa	ikinapagpapapambasa1 ikinakapagpapambasa	ikapagpapapambasa1 ikakapagpapambasa	⁠—
Locative	papang- -an	papambasaan	pinapambasaan	pinapapambasaan	papapambasaan	⁠—
1Used in formal contexts.

Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms

Direct action verbs
Trigger	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
Actor	makapang-	makapambasa	nakapambasa	nakapambabasa1 nakakapambasa	makapambabasa1 makakapambasa
Object	ma-	mabasa	nabasa	nababasa	mababasa
Benefactive	maipang-	maipaasa	naipaasa	naipaaasa1 naipapaasa naiipaasa	maipaaasa1 maipapaasa maiipaasa
Causative	maikapang-	maikapaasa	naikapaasa	naikapaaasa1 naikapapaasa naiikapaasa	maikapaaasa1 maikapapaasa maiikapaasa
	maipang-	maipaasa	naipaasa	naipaaasa1 naipapaasa naiipaasa	maipaaasa1 maipapaasa maiipaasa
Locative	mapang- -an	mapaasaan	napaasaan	napaaasaan1 napapaasaan	mapaaasaan1 mapapaasaan
Indirect action verbs
Trigger	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
Actor	makapagpa-	makapagpabasa	nakapagpabasa	nakapagpapabasa1 nakakapagpabasa	makapagpapabasa1 makakapagpabasa
Actor-secondary	mapapang-	mapapambasaan	napapambasaan	napapapambasaan	mapapapambasaan
Object	maipa-	maipabasa	naipabasa	naipababasa1 naipapabasa naiipabasa	maipababasa1 maipapabasa maiipabasa
Benefactive	maipagpa-	maipagpabasa	naipagpabasa	naipagpapabasa1 naipapagpabasa naiipagpabasa	maipagpapabasa1 maipapagpabasa maiipagpabasa
	maipapang-	maipapambasa	naipapambasa	naipapapambasa naiipapambasa	maipapapambasa maiipapambasa
Causative	maikapagpapang-	maikapagpapambasa	naikapagpapambasa	naikapagpapapambasa1 naikakapagpapambasa naiikapagpapambasa	maikapagpapapambasa1 maikakapagpapambasa maiikapagpapambasa
Locative	mapapang- -an	mapapambasaan	napapambasaan	napapapambasaan	mapapapambasaan
1Used in formal contexts.

Social (maki-) verb forms

Form	Affix	Aspect
		Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
Direct	makipang-	makipambasa	nakipambasa	nakikipambasa	makikipambasa
Indirect	makipagpa-	makipagpabasa	nakipagpabasa	nakikipagpabasa	makikipagpabasa