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majo
a word from vocabulary
Japanese
by
Christopher K. Schmidt
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Word form
majo
Original script
魔女
LWT meaning(s)
the sorcerer or witch
Word meaning
witch
Analyzability
analyzable compound
Gloss
ma-jo magic-woman
Age
Modern Japanese [21] (1868–2007)
Lexical stratum
kango
Year
1910
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General
Numeric frequency
0
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Comments
This could be a neologism, possibly coined in Japan.
Source words
mònü
'witch'
Chinese
Effect
Insertion
Salience
Not present
Contact situation
Sinicization (possible neologism) [21]
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