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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 魔女っ子 (majokko), composed of 魔女 (“witch”) + っ子 (“person having a certain quality”, also diminutive suffix).
This term is sometimes also glossed in English as “little witch”, the word 子 (ko) meaning “child” or “small”.
Noun
majokko (plural majokko)
- (anime, manga) A magical girl.
1999 July 13, Animeg3282, “The magical girl thread”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):The viewer is normally treated to the transformation from the point of view of the majokko herself - the other people around her basically would see a "flash of light" and (poof!) she's changed.
- A manga or anime focusing on one or more majokko.
2006 September 25, GeoffC, “Magical Girl Anime by year”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):Not exactly a magical-girl-anime list, but with the "shoujo" switch, it includes a great many of them. I've seen many of the majokko, including some rarities like Majokko Chikuru - better known as Magic Girl Tickle / Majokko Tikkuru.