kecapi

English

Etymology

From Indonesian kecapi, from Sundanese ᮊᮎᮕᮤ (kacapi, “zither”), probably from Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

kecapi (plural kecapis)

1. 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

• kecapi suling

Anagrams

• packie

Indonesian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay kecapi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈtʃäpi]

Noun

kecapi (plural kecapi-kecapi)

1. santol
2. santol fruit

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay kecapi, from Sundanese ᮊᮎᮕᮤ (kacapi, “zither”), probably from Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈtʃäpi]

Noun

kecapi (plural kecapi-kecapi)

1. kacapi: a box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, originating in traditional Sundanese music

See also

• kacapi

Etymology 3

Inflected form of mengecap (a derivative of kecap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛtʃapi]

Verb

kecapi

1. patient focus of mengecap