wang

English Online Dictionary. What means wang‎? What does wang mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English wange, from Old English wange (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenk-, *wek- (“to be bent or bowed”). Cognate with Scots wan, wang (“cheek”), West Frisian wang (“cheek”), Dutch wang (“cheek”), German Wange (“cheek”), Icelandic vanga (“cheek”), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉 (*waggō) in 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (waggareis, “pillow, cushion”), Italian guancia (“cheek”).

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) The cheek; the jaw.

Verb

1. To continue to talk about a specific subject.

Derived terms

• wangtooth

Related terms

• wanger

Etymology 2

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.

Translations

Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• whang

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæŋ/, /wɒŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ, -ɒŋ

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (colloquial) Penis.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:penis

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wang.

Pronunciation

Noun

wang (plural wange)

1. cheek

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• appelwang
• roodwangara
• wangzak
• witwanghoenderkoet
• witwangstern

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wang

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay wang (“money”).

Noun

wang

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

Etymology 2

From Min Nan 王 (uang⁵, “king”).

Noun

wang

1. palace, king's residence.

Further reading

• “wang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [waŋ]

Postposition

wang

1. into

Verb

wang

1. to enter

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Malay

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Chinese Hokkien 環／环 (hoân, “round”) or Hakka 環／环 (vàn, “round”).

Noun

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

1. money
2. cash

Descendants

• Indonesian: uang
• → Min Nan: 鈁／钫

See also

• duit

Further reading

• “wang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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

• Learned borrowing from Old Javanese wwaṅ (“people, person”). Cognate with Javanese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /waːŋ/
• Hyphenation: wang
• Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

wang

1. people; person
2. human being

Synonyms

• ugang

Old English

Alternative forms

• wong

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wangaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɑnɡ/, [wɑŋɡ]

Noun

wang m (nominative plural wangas)

1. (poetic) plain, field, ground
   • 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book

Declension

Derived terms

• neorxnawang

Descendants

• English: wong

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

wang n (plural wangen, diminutive wankje)

1. cheek

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

• wangga

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