papan kekunci

Malay

Etymology

From papan (“board”) +‎ kekunci (“key”), calque of English keyboard.

Noun

papan kekunci (Jawi spelling ڤاڤن ککونچي, informal 1st possessive papan kekunciku, 2nd possessive papan kekuncimu, 3rd possessive papan kekuncinya)

1. (computing) keyboard
   • 2013 May 8, “Pengguna iPad kecewa kekurangan papan kekunci, Microsoft Office [Users were disappointed of lacking keyboard, Microsoft Office]”, in Astro Awani‎^[1]:

     Pengasas bersama Microsoft Bill Gates berkata sejajar perubahan zaman tablet lebih mendahului berbanding komputer dan pengguna iPad berharap peranti mereka mempunyai papan kekunci supaya perisian Microsoft boleh digunakan.

     Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates stated that in line with the changing times, tablets are more ahead of time compared to computers and iPad users are hoping their gadgets to have keyboards so that Micosoft softwares can be used.

Synonyms

• papan tombol (Indonesian)

Further reading

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