kecap

kecap (uncountable)

1. (Indonesia) Soy sauce.

• ketjap (1901–1947, 1947–1972)
• kicap (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Malay kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈket͡ʃap/ [ˈke.t͡ʃap̚]
• Rhymes: -et͡ʃap
• Syllabification: ke‧cap

kécap (plural kecap-kecap)

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

From ke- +‎ cap, probably onomatopoeic.

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

kêcap (plural kecap-kecap)

1. sound of tongue smacking

   Synonym: cap

2. (rare) word, speech

• “kecap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 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

• ketjap (Dutch colonies, 1947-1972)

From Hokkien 膎汁 (kê-chiap, “fish sauce”).

kecap (Jawi spelling کيچڤ, uncountable)

1. any dark clear condiment and ingredient made from fermented soybeans, fish etc; alternative form of kicap

• kicap

• Indonesian: kecap
• →? English: ketchup (probable but uncertain) (see there for further descendants)

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کيچڤ kechap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 549
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kechap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 522

Onomatopoeic, perhaps influenced by kecup and kuncup. Sense of taste and experience is semantic extension.

kecap (Jawi spelling کچڤ, plural kecap-kecap or kecap²)

1. sound of tongue or lips smacking

mengecap

1. to suck

   Synonyms: hisap, sedut

2. to taste

   Synonym: rasa

mengecapi

1. (of goals, experiences) to achieve, to attain

   Synonyms: rasai, capai

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “کچڤ kĕtjap”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 79
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کچڤ kechap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 506
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kĕchap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 522

Onomatopoeic like Etymology 2, compare with cicak

kecap (Jawi spelling کچڤ, plural kecap-kecap or kecap²)

1. sound of gecko chirping from action above

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “کچڤ kechap”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 506
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “kĕchap”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 522

• "kecap" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Probably Onomatopoeic, 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)

1. word