# wang
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: wăng; IPA: /wæŋ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* 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.
** 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

* whang

#### Noun

wang (plural wangs)
* (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.

##### Synonyms

* See Thesaurus:penis

### See also

* wanger
* wangtooth
* welly wanging

### Anagrams

* AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch wang.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

wang (plural wange)
* cheek

## Dutch
### 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: /ʋɑŋ/
* Audio (Belgium):(file)
* Audio (Netherlands):(file)
* Hyphenation: wang
* Rhymes: -ɑŋ

### Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)
* cheek

#### Derived terms

* appelwang
* roodwangara
* wangzak
* witwanghoenderkoet
* witwangstern

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: wang

## Fwâi
### Noun

wang
* boat

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Malay wang (“money”).

#### Noun

wang
* (informal) Informal spelling of uang (“money”).

### Etymology 2

From either Teochew 王 (uang$^5$, “king”) or Mandarin 王 (wáng, “king”).

#### Noun

wang
* palace, king's residence

### Further reading

* “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
### Noun

wang
* boat

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aŋ

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: uang
* → Hokkien: 鈁 / 钫 (hoáng)

#### 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

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waːŋ/
* Hyphenation: wang

### Noun

wang
* people; person
* human being

#### Synonyms

* ugang

## Nemi
### Noun

wang
* boat

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* wong

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz. Doublet of wange.
Cognate with Old Saxon wang, Old High German -wang (in holzwang), Old Norse vangr (Swedish vång), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 (waggs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɑnɡ/, [wɑŋɡ]

### Noun

wang m (nominative plural wangas)
* (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 wongasAll seas and waters are in my embraces, and the bosom of earth and the green fields.
* (anatomy) the side of the face, cheek
    Synonyms: ċēace, hlēor, wange

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* neorxnawang
* wangbeard
* wangstede
* wangtōþ
* wangturf

#### Descendants

* Middle English: wang, wong
** English: wong
** Scots: wang, wan, wong

## Pije
### Noun

wang
* boat

## West Frisian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

wang n (plural wangen, diminutive wankje)
* cheek

## Woiwurrung
### Alternative forms

* wangga
* wango
* wangò

### 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
* ↑ https://deadlystory.com/page/aboriginal-country-map/Aboriginal_Country_Completed/Wurundjeri/Wurundjeri_Language
* ↑ 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