tulasi
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- túláàsì
Etymology
From Hausa tīlàs (“necessity, force”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tú.là.sì/
Noun
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
túlàsì
- to compel