kecap

kecap (uncountable)

1. (Indonesia) Soy sauce.

• ketjap (1901–1947, 1947–1972)

Borrowed from Peranakan Indonesian ketjap, from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”). Cognate with Piawai Malay kicap.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈket͡ʃap/
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃap
• Syllabification: ke‧cap

kécap (plural kecap-kecap)

1. soy sauce (a condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans)

From ke- +‎ cap.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈt͡ʃap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: ke‧cap

kêcap (plural kecap-kecap)

1. sound of tongue smacking

   Synonym: cap

• “kecap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Hoogervorst, Tom G. (2021) Language Ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911-1949‎, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, page 200
• Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “鮭 kôe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 242; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 242

Compare Old Javanese kĕcap (“sound of lips or tongue smacking; talking, prattling; etc.”), Indonesian kecap (“sound of tongue smacking”).

• IPA^(key): /kə.t͡ʃap/

kecap (Sundanese script ᮊᮨᮎᮕ᮪)

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