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kunci

Pronunciation: /ˈkunt͡ʃi/

“kunci” is an Indonesian word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. lock, something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination
  2. an object designed to open and close a lock
  3. a crucial step or requirement
  4. in musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality
  5. 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
  6. a value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container
  7. a piece of information (e.g. a passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages
  8. a password restricting access to an IRC channel
  9. answer key, an assorted list of solutions to problems or exercises in a test, textbook, etc.
  10. clef, a symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
  11. chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously
  12. spanner, wrench: a hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts

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,…

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