English Online Dictionary. What means wang? What does wang mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæŋ/
- Rhymes: -æŋ
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
wang (plural wangs)
- Alternative spelling of whang
Verb
wang (third-person singular simple present wangs, present participle wanging, simple past and past participle wanged)
- (transitive) To batter; to clobber; to conk.
- (transitive) To throw hard.
Translations
Etymology 2
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)
- (colloquial) Penis.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:penis
See also
Anagrams
- AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch wang.
Pronunciation
Noun
wang (plural wange)
- 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)
- cheek
Derived terms
- appelwang
- roodwangara
- wangzak
- witwanghoenderkoet
- witwangstern
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wang
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Malay wang (“money”).
Noun
wang
- (informal) Informal spelling of uang (“money”).
Etymology 2
From Min Nan 王 (uang5, “king”).
Noun
wang
- 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
- into
Verb
wang
- 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)
- money
- 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
- Romanization of ᠸᠠᠩ
Mandarin
Romanization
wang
- Nonstandard spelling of wāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of wáng.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǎng.
- 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
- people; person
- 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)
- (poetic) plain, field, ground
- 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book
- 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)
- cheek
Woiwurrung
Alternative forms
- wangga
Noun
wang
- 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