Welllll ... Weight is not actually a 'basic' unit at all. 
'Mass' is, and its unit is the kilogram. 
'Weight' is a 'force' ... a derived unit ... made up 
of mass and acceleration. The unit of force is 
the (kg-meter/sec²), called the "Newton"
(1 newton) is the force that accelerates (1 kilogram of mass) 
at the rate of (1 meter per second) every second.