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See also: Wang, wāng, wáng, Wáng, wǎng, and wàng

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

  1. Alternative spelling of whang

Verb

wang (third-person singular simple present wangs, present participle wanging, simple past and past participle wanged)

  1. (transitive) To batter; to clobber; to conk.
  2. (transitive) To throw hard.
    • 1993, Tom McNally, “Panfish on Flies and Bugs”, in The Complete Book of Fly Fishing‎, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, published 1997, →ISBN, page 283:
      Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.
    • 1998, Barry Hines, “The Football Match”, in James Riordan, editor, Football Stories‎, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, "wanged"%7C"wanging" page 36:
      He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.
    • 2009, Mark Millhone, “Saltville”, in The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir‎, Rodale, →ISBN, "wanged"%7C"wanging"+-"wanging'ombe" page 132:
      After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.
Translations

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang (“stour, thick slice", also "thong”), from thwang (“thong”). See thong. Compare wong.

Alternative forms

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

  1. (colloquial) Penis.
    • 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five‎, New York: Dial, published 2005, pages 168–169:
      Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who’ll get one.
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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wang.

Pronunciation

Noun

wang (plural wange)

  1. cheek

Dutch

Zoenen op beide wangen. — Kisses on both cheeks.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wange, from Old Dutch *wanga, from Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɑŋ/
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  • Hyphenation: wang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

  1. cheek

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wang

Fwâi

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay wang (“money”).

Noun

wang

  1. (informal) Informal spelling of uang (“money”).

Etymology 2

From either Teochew 王 (uang5, “king”) or Mandarin 王 (wáng, “king”).

Noun

wang

  1. palace, king's residence.

Further reading

Jawe

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Lashi

Pronunciation

Postposition

wang

  1. into

Verb

wang

  1. to enter

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 圓／圆 (oân, “round; currency”).

Noun

wang (Jawi spelling واڠ, informal 1st possessive wangku, 2nd possessive wangmu, 3rd possessive wangnya)

  1. money
  2. cash

Descendants

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Further reading

Manchu

Romanization

wang

  1. Romanization of ᠸᠠᠩ

Mandarin

Romanization

wang

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wāng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of wáng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of wǎng.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of wàng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Musi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

wang

  1. people; person
  2. human being

Synonyms

Nemi

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wangaz.

Cognates
Cognate with Old Saxon wang, Old High German -wang (in holzwang), Old Norse vangr (Swedish vång), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs).

Pronunciation

Noun

wang m (nominative plural wangas)

  1. (poetic) plain, field, ground
    • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book
      sæs me sind ealle flodas on fæðmum / ⁊ þas foldan bearm grene wongas
      All seas and waters are in my embraces, and the bosom of earth and the green fields.

Declension

Declension of wang (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wang wangas
accusative wang wangas
genitive wanges wanga
dative wange wangum

Derived terms

Descendants

Pije

Noun

wang

  1. boat

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *wange, from Proto-Germanic *wangô.

Noun

wang n (plural wangen, diminutive wankje)

  1. cheek

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

Noun

wang

  1. cheek

References

  • Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124
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