micin

English

Verb

micin

1. present participle of mice

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hakka 味精 (mi-chîn), from a genericized trademark of Tien Chu Ve-Tsin food company. The "味精" trademark itself ultimately comes from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei). Cognate of Vietnamese mì chính. Doublet of mecin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃin/
• Hyphenation: mi‧cin

Noun

micin (first-person possessive micinku, second-person possessive micinmu, third-person possessive micinnya)

1. (colloquial, cooking) MSG, monosodium glutamate

   micin adalah penyedap rasa ― MSG is a flavor enhancer

Alternative forms

• mecin
• pecin
• vetsin (formal)

Further reading

• “micin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.