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

Inherited from Malay kunci (“key”), from Hindi कुंजी (kuñjī, “key”), from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجی (kunjī), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā), 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/ [ˈkuɲ.t͡ʃi]

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• Rhymes: -unt͡ʃi
• Syllabification: kun‧ci

Noun

kunci (plural kunci-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, sogok, 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 (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

   Synonym: sepanar

Conjugation

Conjugation of kunci (meng-, transitive)

root	kunci
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mengunci	terkunci	dikunci	kunci	kuncilah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	menguncikan	terkuncikan	dikuncikan	kuncikan	kuncikanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² 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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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) / کُنجی (kunjī), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard, schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈkunt͡ʃi/ [ˈkuɲ.t͡ʃi]
• Rhymes: -unt͡ʃi, -t͡ʃi, -i
• Hyphenation: kun‧ci

Noun

kunci (Jawi spelling کونچي, plural kunci-kunci or kunci²)

1. key

   Synonym: anak kunci

   Synonyms: (Indonesia) sosi, (Indonesia) sogok

   Kunci pintu

   Door key

2. (figurative) a crucial step requirement

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?

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kunci (inherited)
• → Iban: kunchi
• → Maguindanao: gunsi
• → Maranao: gonsi'
• → Kapampangan: kunsi
• → Tagalog: kunsi
• → Tausug: kunsi'
• → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ) (semi-learned)

Further reading

• "kunci" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "kunci" at PRPM first version)

Slovene

Noun

kúnci

1. nominative/instrumental plural of kunec