missó
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Macanese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 味噌 (miso). First recorded in the Ou-Mun Kei-Leok[1] published 1751. Possibly entered Macanese via the Japanese Catholic population who settled in the Pátio do Espinho during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
missó
Usage notes[edit]
- Unclear whether Macanese missó is actually identical to Japanese miso.
- Sense 2 largely only applies to chili-missó.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- >? Portuguese: missô
References[edit]
- ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “miçó”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 484
- ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#misso