kecapi
English
editEtymology
editFrom Indonesian kecapi, from Sundanese ᮊᮎᮕᮤ (kacapi, “zither”), probably from Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /kəˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editkecapi (plural kecapis)
- Alternative form of kacapi
- 1967, Focus on Indonesia, page 27:
- These stories have been handed down from generation to generation in the form of ballads, performed with accompanying music by the "kecapi," a kind of zither.
- 2002, R. Anderson Sutton, Calling Back the Spirit: Music, Dance, and Cultural Politics in Lowland South Sulawesi, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 55:
- She attributes the initial idea to her husband, who suggested combining the kecapi with suling in 1960, shortly after their move to the kabupaten Sidenreng-Rappang (Sidrap), where he had been assigned as district head (Ind. bupati).
See also
editAnagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkecapi (first-person possessive kecapiku, second-person possessive kecapimu, third-person possessive kecapinya)
- santol
- santol fruit
Etymology 2
editFrom Sundanese ᮊᮎᮕᮤ (kacapi, “zither”), probably from Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkecapi (first-person possessive kecapiku, second-person possessive kecapimu, third-person possessive kecapinya)
- kacapi: a box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, originating in traditional Sundanese music
See also
editEtymology 3
editInflected form of mengecap (a derivative of kecap).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkecapi
- patient focus of mengecap
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