wang
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: wăng; IPA(key): /wæŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -æŋ
Etymology 1
editNoun
editwang (plural wangs)
- Alternative spelling of whang
Verb
editwang (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.
- 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
editEtymology 2
editUncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang (“stour, thick slice", also "thong”), from thwang (“thong”). See thong. Compare wong.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editwang (plural wangs)
- (colloquial) 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.
Synonyms
edit- See Thesaurus:penis
See also
editAnagrams
editAfrikaans
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editwang (plural wange)
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editwang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: wang
Fwâi
editNoun
editwang
Indonesian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editwang
Etymology 2
editFrom either Teochew 王 (uang5, “king”) or Mandarin 王 (wáng, “king”).
Noun
editwang
- palace, king's residence.
Further reading
edit- “wang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Jawe
editNoun
editwang
Lashi
editPronunciation
editPostposition
editwang
Verb
editwang
- to enter
References
edit- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Malay
editEtymology
editPossibly from Hokkien 圓 / 圆 (oân, “round; currency”).
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aŋ
Noun
editwang (Jawi spelling واڠ, informal 1st possessive wangku, 2nd possessive wangmu, 3rd possessive wangnya)
Descendants
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “wang” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Manchu
editRomanization
editwang
- Romanization of ᠸᠠᠩ
Mandarin
editRomanization
editwang
- Nonstandard spelling of wāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of wáng.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of wàng.
Usage notes
edit- 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
editEtymology
edit- Learned borrowing from Old Javanese wwaṅ (“people, person”). Cognate with Javanese wong.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwang
Synonyms
editNemi
editNoun
editwang
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *wangaz.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwang m (nominative plural wangas)
- (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.
- 1963, Paull Franklin Baum, Riddle 11, Anglo-Saxon Riddles of the Exeter Book
Declension
editStrong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | wang | wangas |
accusative | wang | wangas |
genitive | wanges | wanga |
dative | wange | wangum |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- English: wong
Pije
editNoun
editwang
West Frisian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Frisian *wange, from Proto-Germanic *wangô.
Noun
editWoiwurrung
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editwang
References
edit- 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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