tulasi

English

Noun

tulasi (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tulsi (“holy basil”)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• túláàsì

Etymology

From Hausa tīlàs (“necessity, force”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tú.là.sì/

Noun

túlàsì

1. compulsion, force

   Yorùbá kì í fi túlàsì mú ènìyàn jagun ― The Yoruba do not use compulsion to make people sign up for war

Verb

túlàsì

1. to compel