Where does “kecap lemes” come from?

kecap lemes (Sundanese) comes from Indonesian kecap, from Hokkien 膎汁.

kecap lemes (Sundanese): vocabularies that are used within basa lemes

Definitions

  1. vocabularies that are used within basa lemes

Ancestry of “kecap lemes”, step by step

kecap lemes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian kecap

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

via Sundanese lemes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sundaneselemessmooth

Words derived from “kecap lemes

Every word from Hokkien 膎汁Every word from Indonesian kecap
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