basak noun English. Wet earth or soil, mud. Example sentence: Subanen. Apelai! Luminaknang ig basak di silung kiin, subay kenalan. English. Good grief! The mud under the house is sure wet, it'll have to be channeled away. adjective English. Charactrerized as muddy. Generic. umuk besakan noun English. The area of level land, diked and reserved for growing wetland, paddy rice, paddy. Example sentence: Subanen. Sinegay ndi'u mateng, iin deli'i megalung tug besakan ku. English. Until I get there, he will guard my rice paddy.