fish sauce (ketchup)

Malay translation: kicap

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English term or phrase:fish sauce (ketchup)
Malay translation:kicap
Entered by: Kaliamma Ponnan

11:14 Jan 16, 2007
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Folklore
English term or phrase: fish sauce (ketchup)
Hi,

Please, what is the correct spelling of the Malay word from which the English word ketchup is derived? Am I right in thinking it means "fish sauce"?
What is the correct pronunciation, please?

Thank you,

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:12
kicap
Explanation:
correct spelling of the Malay word from which the English word ketchup is derived - kicap

Am I right in thinking it means "fish sauce"? - no, kicap looks something like soya sauce

What is the correct pronunciation, please?
ki (pronounced as in key)
cap - with ch sound as in "chair"
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Kaliamma Ponnan
Malaysia
Local time: 19:12
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5kicap
Kaliamma Ponnan
3sos tomato
mizuan


  

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kicap


Explanation:
correct spelling of the Malay word from which the English word ketchup is derived - kicap

Am I right in thinking it means "fish sauce"? - no, kicap looks something like soya sauce

What is the correct pronunciation, please?
ki (pronounced as in key)
cap - with ch sound as in "chair"

Kaliamma Ponnan
Malaysia
Local time: 19:12
Native speaker of: Tamil
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sos tomato


Explanation:
i'm thinking of ketchup as in tomato ketchup. the malay equivalent is sos tomato.

kicap as ponan explains is black soy sauce which comes in two forms, light or dark. The light soy sauce is not really light in colour but texture is lighter than the dark soy sauce (which is thick).

fish sauce is mainly used in thai cooking (i think it's called nam pla). that's "sos ikan" in malay.

mizuan
Local time: 19:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in MalayMalay
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