sulasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Malay selasih, Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈlasi/ [sʊˈlaː.sɪ]
  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: su‧la‧si

Noun

sulasi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜐᜒ)

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    Synonyms: balanoy, albahaka
  2. Lumnitzera racemosa (a tree with air-roots, fleshy leaves, and bright scarlet flowers)
    Synonyms: kulasi, tabaw
  3. holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
    Synonyms: kamangkaw, luko-luko

Derived terms

  • sula-sulasihan

Ternate

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Javanese sulasih, from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /su.ˈla.si/

Noun

sulasi

  1. basil (Ocimum basilicum)
    Synonym: balkama

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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