kecap

See also: kečap and kẻ cắp

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ketjap (superseded)

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”). Compare Kapampangan kesiap, English ketchup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛt͡ʃap/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃap, -ap, -p
• Hyphenation: kè‧cap

Noun

kècap (plural kecap-kecap, first-person possessive kecapku, second-person possessive kecapmu, third-person possessive kecapnya)

1. (cooking) soy sauce

Alternative forms

• kicap (Standard Malay)

Descendants

• → Dutch: ketjap

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kət͡ʃap/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃap, -ap, -p
• Hyphenation: kê‧cap

Noun

kêcap (first-person possessive kecapku, second-person possessive kecapmu, third-person possessive kecapnya)

1. sound of tongue smacking

Alternative forms

• cap

Further reading

• “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^[1], 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 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 242; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 242

Sundanese

Romanization

kecap

1. Romanization of ᮊᮨᮎᮕ᮪ (“word”)