wang

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

English

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[1], 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[2], 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[3], 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, a dialectal form of thong (“strip of leather”). Compare wong.

Alternative forms

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

  1. (colloquial) Penis.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:penis
    • 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five‎[4], 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.

See also

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wang.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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/
  • Audio (Belgium):(file)
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: wang
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋ

Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

  1. cheek

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wang

Fwâi

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Hrê

Etymology 1

Noun

wang

  1. mountain

Etymology 2

Noun

wang

  1. gold

References

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

wang (uncountable)

  1. nonstandard form of uang (“money”)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

wang (plural wang-wang)

  1. (uncommon) palace
    Synonyms: balai raya, istana, kastel (if crenellated), persada

Further reading

Jawe

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwaŋ/ [ˈwaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ

Noun

wang (Jawi spelling واڠ, uncountable)

  1. money
    Synonym: duit
    1. (obsolete) a coin worth one third of a tali (one eighth of a Spanish dollar) [before 1641]
    2. (obsolete) a coin worth one eighth of a Dutch duit [since 1641-1945]
  2. cash

Descendants

Further reading

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “وڠ wang”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (overall work in Malay and Dutch), Haarlem; Amsterdam: John Enschedé en Zonen; Frederik Muller, page 322
  • Wilkinson, R. J. (1901-1903), “وڠ wang”, in A Malay–English Dictionary (overall work in Malay and English), Singapore; Hong Kong; Shanghai; Yokohama: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., page 678
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “wang”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 645
  • "wang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "wang" at PRPM first version)

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

Borrowed from Old Javanese wwaṅ (“people, person”). Cognate with Javanese wong.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /waːŋ/
  • Hyphenation: wang

Noun

wang

  1. people; person
  2. human being

Synonyms

Nemi

Noun

wang

  1. boat

Old English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɑnɡ/, [wɑŋɡ]

Etymology 1

    From Proto-West Germanic *wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz.

    Cognates

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

    Noun

    wang m

    1. (poetic) a flat surface: 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

    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative wang wangas
    accusative wang wangas
    genitive wanges wanga
    dative wange wangum
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Middle English: wong
      • English: wong (dialectal, obsolete)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek, jaw”). Doublet of wange. Ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.

      Noun

      wang m

      1. (anatomy) the side of the face, cheek
        Synonyms: ċēace, hlēor, wange
      Declension

      Strong a-stem:

      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 *wonge, *wange, from Proto-Germanic *wangô.

      Noun

      wang n (plural wangen, diminutive wankje)

      1. cheek

      Woiwurrung

      Alternative forms

      Noun

      wang

      1. cheek[1][4]

      Derived terms

      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
      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 B. J. Blake, Woiwurrung: The Melbourne Language, 1991, pg82
      2. ^ https://deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_Completed/Wurundjeri/Wurundjeri_Language
      3. ^ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf
      4. ^ https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/f4512721-7645-4722-90b8-168541d38240/content
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