baasa1to be soft, weakTantanga a baasa kama, kan pa se siaka.The clay is (too) soft, do not build the wall (with it).2to be good, better, well, alright, okay, healthy Biika diem ka nying-yogsa, alege jinla ku baasa ka [or wa] jig kama. Yesterday the child was ill, but today he is well.(Official greeting:) "Fi nying ka po?" - "Ku baasa"."How is your body?" - "It is well".(Prov.) Yie noruk dan baasa, wa yueni ain ku nueri kama.When the blind man's sore is a little better, he says it has healed (lit. finished).
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