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, albanaka

2. Lumnitzera racemosa (a tree with air-roots, fleshy leaves, and bright scarlet flowers)

   Synonyms: kulasi, tabaw

3. holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)

   Synonym: kamangkaw

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