kunci

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See also: künçi

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Pronunciation

Noun

kunci (possessed form kuncin)

  1. cheek

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i
  • Hyphenation: kun‧ci

Noun

kunci

  1. (literally) lock, something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
    Hyponyms: anak kunci, gembok, induk kunci
  2. key
    1. (now literally) an object designed to open and close a lock.
      Synonyms: anak kunci, sosi
    2. (figurative) a crucial step or requirement.
    3. (music, figurative) in musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
    4. (music, figurative) in musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
      Synonym: klef (Standard Malay)
    5. (computing) a value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
    6. (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
    7. (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
    8. (education, figurative) answer key, an assorted list of solutions to problems or exercises in a test, textbook, etc.
      Synonym: kunci jawaban
  3. (music, figurative) clef, a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff.
  4. (music, colloquial, figurative) chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
    Synonym: akor
  5. spanner, wrench: a hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kunci (meng-, transitive)
Root kunci
Active Involuntary /
Perfective 		Passive Basic /
Imperative 		Jussive
Active mengunci terkunci dikunci kunci kuncilah
Locative
Causative / Applicative1 menguncikan terkuncikan dikuncikan kuncikan kuncikanlah
Causative
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Affixed terms

Compounds

Verb

kunci

  1. (colloquial) Informal form of mengunci (“to lock”).

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجِی (kunjī), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).

Pronunciation

Noun

kunci (Jawi spelling کونچي, plural kunci-kunci, informal 1st possessive kunciku, 2nd possessive kuncimu, 3rd possessive kuncinya)

  1. key
    Kunci pintu
    Door key

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kunci
  • → Iban: kunchi
  • → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ) (semi-learned)

Verb

kunci (Jawi spelling کونچي)

  1. to lock something up with a key
    Minta kunci pintu ini sekejap.
    Can you please lock this door, please?

Further reading

Slovene

Noun

kúnci

  1. nominative/instrumental plural of kunec
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