Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ketjak

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ket-jak
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of Balinese musical drama featuring rhythmic, percussive chanting.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1999: An innovation on Mule Variations is the employment of a turntable artist, who as it turns out is so discrete you hardly notice, except on “Eyeball Kid”, which makes brilliantly apposite use of a sampled gospel choir and Balinese ketjak chanters — Luc Sante, Village Voice 12 May 1999 (Innocent When You Dream, Orion 2006, p. 250)"

Etymology

Borrowed from Balinese ketjak.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

kecak (alternative)

Questions

What does ketjak mean?: A form of Balinese musical drama featuring rhythmic, percussive chanting.
Where does ketjak come from?: Borrowed from Balinese ketjak.

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