tulasi
English edit
Noun edit
tulasi (uncountable)
- Alternative form of tulsi (“holy basil”)
Yoruba edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Hausa tīlàs (“necessity, force”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
túlàsì
- compulsion, force
- Yorùbá kì í fi túlàsì mú ènìyàn jagun ― The Yoruba do not use compulsion to make people sign up for war
Verb edit
túlàsì
- to compel