basil

potetjp POTETJP at wanadoo.fr
Wed Feb 23 10:44:04 UTC 2000


Dear David,
The word for "basil" (Ocimum sanctum) is _sulási_ in Tagalog.
It is a Sanskrit loanword undoubtedly borrowed through an intermediary
language.
You will find the etymon _tulasi:_  [i: stands for i with macron] page 451,
column 3 of
MONIER-WILLIAMS, Monier (1899). _Sanskrit-English dictionary_. Oxford:
Clarendon.
Best regards
Jean-Paul G. Potet



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