kunci

See also: künçi

Indonesian

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊnt͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃi, -i
• Hyphenation: 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	Imperative	Jussive
Active	mengunci	terkunci	dikunci	kunci	kuncilah
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	menguncikan	terkuncikan	dikuncikan	kuncikan	kuncikanlah
	Causative
Active	–	–	–	–	–
Locative	–	–	–	–	–
Causative / Applicative1	–	–	–	–	–
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Affixed terms

• berkunci
• 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kunt͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -unt͡ʃi, -t͡ʃi
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [kuɲt͡ʃi]

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
• → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ)

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