Manga

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Maori 2.1 Noun

English

Etymology

Japanese 漫画 (manga), 漫 (man-) "random, uncontrolled" + 画 (-ga) "picture, sketch". After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈmæŋɡə/	/"m{Ng@/

• Hyphenation: man·ga
• Rhymes: -æŋɡə

Noun

manga (plural: manga)

1. a comic; a non-animated cartoon, especially one done in a Japanese style
2. a professionaly-produced Japanese comic, opposed to doujinshi

Please note that plural and singular are the same since the Japanese language don´t know plural -s endings.

Translations

• Basque: manga
• Catalan: manga
• Chinese: 漫画 (mànhuà)
• Dutch: manga
• Esperanto: mangao
• Finnish: manga
• French: manga
• German: Manga
• Italian: manga
• Japanese: 漫画 (まんが , manga)
• Korean: 만화 (manhwa)
• Polish: manga
• Romanica: manga
• Spanish: manga
• Swedish: manga
• Thai: การ์ตูนญี่ปุ่น (katun-yipun)

See also

• anime (Japanese animation)
• doujinshi (independent or fan-produced manga)

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Maori

Noun

manga

1. stream