kunci

See also: künçi and ƙunci

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kún.t͡ʃìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [kʷʊ́n.t͡ʃìː]

Noun

kuncī̀ m (plural kumā̀tū, possessed form kuncìn)

1. cheek

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 117.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• konci
• koentji (dated, 1901–1947)
• kuntji (dated, 1947–1972)

Etymology

From Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).

• Semantic loan from Dutch sleutel for wrench, spanner and clef senses.
• Semantic loan from Dutch akkoord for chord sense.
• Semantic loan from English key for music (other than clef sense), education, computing, cryptography and internet sense.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkunt͡ʃi/ [ˈkun.t͡ʃi]

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• Rhymes: -unt͡ʃi
• Syllabification: kun‧ci

Noun

kunci

1. (literally) lock, something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.

   Hyponyms: anak kunci, gembok, induk kunci

2. key
   1. (now literally) an object designed to open and close a lock.

      Synonyms: anak kunci, sosi

   2. (figurative) a crucial step or requirement.
   3. (music, figurative) in musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
   4. (music, figurative) in musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.

      Synonym: klef (Standard Malay)

   5. (computing) a value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
   6. (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
   7. (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
   8. (education, figurative) answer key, an assorted list of solutions to problems or exercises in a test, textbook, etc.

      Synonym: kunci jawaban

3. (music, figurative) clef, a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff.
4. (music, colloquial, figurative) chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

   Synonym: akor

5. spanner, wrench: a hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kunci (meng-, transitive)

root	kunci
	active	involuntary	passive	basic / imperative	emphatic / jussive
active	mengunci	terkunci	dikunci	kunci	kuncilah
locative
causative / applicative1	menguncikan	terkuncikan	dikuncikan	kuncikan	kuncikanlah
	causative
active
locative
causative / applicative1

¹ The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Affixed terms

• berkunci
• dikunci
• dikuncikan
• mengunci
• menguncikan
• pengunci
• penguncian
• terkunci

Compounds

• kunci botanik
• kunci eksklusif
• kunci enkripsi
• kunci gantung
• kunci inggris
• kunci kontak
• kunci kroma
• kunci kura-kura
• kunci leter T
• kunci lisensi
• kunci lunak
• kunci lutut
• kunci maling
• kunci mati
• kunci mur terbuka
• kunci nada
• kunci paha
• kunci panas
• kunci pas
• kunci pintasan
• kunci pipa
• kunci ring
• kunci sakelar
• kunci sok
• kunci tab
• kunci tolak
• kunci utama
• kunci wasiat

Verb

kunci

1. (colloquial) Informal form of mengunci (“to lock”).

Further reading

• “kunci” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجِی (kunjī), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunt͡ʃi/ [ˈkuɲ.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -unt͡ʃi, -t͡ʃi
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɲt͡ʃi/ [ˈkuɲ.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: kun‧ci

Noun

kunci (Jawi spelling کونچي, plural kunci-kunci, informal 1st possessive kunciku, 2nd possessive kuncimu, 3rd possessive kuncinya)

1. key

   Kunci pintu

   Door key

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kunci (inherited)
• → Iban: kunchi
• → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ) (semi-learned)

Verb

kunci (Jawi spelling کونچي)

1. to lock something up with a key

   Minta kunci pintu ini sekejap.

   Can you please lock this door, please?

Further reading

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

Slovene

Noun

kúnci

1. nominative/instrumental plural of kunec