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Cebuano
Etymology
From Philippine Hokkien 我空啊 (óa khàng--a!, “my heavens!; OMG!; wow!”, expletive). Compare with Mandarin 我的天 (wǒ de tiān, “my heavens!”) and Mandarin 天啊 (tiān a, “heavens!”).
Interjection
wakanga
- (colloquial, humorous, potentially offensive) Expression of surprise or anger mimicking Chinese people who are said to use it in anger or surprise.; ching chong
See also
References
- John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press