kicap

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

kicap (Jawi spelling کيچڤ, informal 1st possessive kicapku, 2nd possessive kicapmu, 3rd possessive kicapnya)

1. soy sauce

   Synonyms: tauyu, toyu

Alternative forms

• kecap (Indonesian)

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “kicap” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• 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