ketjap

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Peranakan Indonesian ketjap. Compare English ketchup, Kapampangan kesiap. Doublet of ketchup.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛt.jɑp/, /ˈkɛt.ʃɑp/
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  • Hyphenation: ke‧tjap

Noun

ketjap m (plural ketjaps, diminutive ketjapje n)

  1. kecap, Indonesian soy sauce
    Hypernym: sojasaus

Indonesian

Noun

ketjap (plural ketjap-ketjap)

  1. (1901–1947, 1947–1972) superseded spelling of kecap

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

ketjap

  1. soy sauce
    ditoendjang oleh gouvernement dan banknja sendiri serta bisa idoep banjak lebi moera dengen makan ikan menta sama ketjap dan pake geta atawa bakiak.[1](please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kecap
  • Dutch: ketjap

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 19