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kecapi

/kəˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/

kecapi is the alternative form of kacapi.

Meaning of kacapi

Noun

kacapi (plural kacapis)

  1. A box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, originating in traditional Sundanese music, especially tembang sunda and pantun sunda.

Forms of kecapi

pluralkecapis

Origin of kecapi

From Indonesian kecapi, from Sundanese ᮊᮎᮕᮤ (kacapi, “zither”), probably from Sanskrit कच्छपी (kacchapī, “lute”).

Questions about kecapi

What is kecapi the alternative form of?
Kecapi is the alternative form of kacapi.
How do you pronounce kecapi?
Kecapi is pronounced /kəˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/.

Words near kecapi in the dictionary

  1. kecak
  2. kecamatan
  3. kecamatans
  4. kecap
  5. kecap manis
  6. kecapi
  7. kecapi suling
  8. kecapis
  9. kechap
  10. kechaps
  11. Kechi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kecapi (page history and authors); kacapi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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