Where does “kicap” come from?

kicap (Malay) comes from Hainanese 膎汁, from Indonesian kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁.

kicap (Malay): soy sauce

Definitions

  1. soy sauce

Ancestry of “kicap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hainanese膎汁—
2Indonesiankecapsoy sauce; sound of tongue smacking
3Hokkien膎汁—

Words derived from “kicap”

Every word from Hokkien 膎汁 →Every word from Indonesian kecap →Every word from Hainanese 膎汁 →
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