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Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Malay selasih, Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).
Pronunciation
Noun
sulasi (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜐᜒ)
- basil (Ocimum basilicum)
- Synonyms: balanoy, albanaka
- Lumnitzera racemosa (a tree with air-roots, fleshy leaves, and bright scarlet flowers)
- Synonyms: kulasi, tabaw
- holy basil (Ocimum tenuiflorum)
- Synonym: kamangkaw
Ternate
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Javanese sulasih, from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī).
Pronunciation
Noun
sulasi
- 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