micin

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sinitic 味精 (wèijīng), possibly Hakka 味精 (mi-chîn) or Cantonese 味精 (mei6 zing1). Cognate of Vietnamese mì chính.

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 bikin bodoh ― MSG makes you dumb

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.