different between wang vs dwang

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæ?/

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 *???????????????????? (*wagg?) in ???????????????????????????????????? (waggareis, “pillow, cushion”), Italian guancia (“cheek”).

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) The cheek; the jaw.
   • 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

     Our manciple I hope he will be dead,

     So workes aye the wanges in his head:

     And therefore is I come, and eke Alein,

     To grind our corn and carry it home again:

     I pray you speed us hence as well ye may.

Derived terms

• wangtooth

Related terms

• wanger

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

• whang

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.
2. A slap; a blow.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

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

Origin 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): /wæ?/, /w??/

Noun

wang (plural wangs)

1. (colloquial) penis.
   • 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, 2005, Chapter 5, pp. 168-169,^[4]

     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

Anagrams

• AgNW, Ngwa, g'wan, gawn, gnaw, gwan

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch wang.

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 *wen?- (“neck, cheek”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

wang f (plural wangen, diminutive wangetje n)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• wangzak

Descendants

• Afrikaans: wang

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay wang (“money”).

Noun

wang

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

Etymology 2

From Min Nan ? (uang⁵, “king”).

Noun

wang

1. palace, king's residence.

Further reading

• “wang” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa?]

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

Noun

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

1. money
2. cash

Descendants

• Indonesian: uang
• Min Nan: ?

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 ???

Mandarin

Romanization

wang

1. Nonstandard spelling of w?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of wáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of w?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of wàng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Old English

Alternative forms

• wong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n?/, [w???]

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

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dwang, from Middle Dutch dwanc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwæ?/

Noun

dwang (plural dwangs)

1. (Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
2. A large metal crowbar.

References

• dwang in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dwanc, from Old Dutch *thwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???/
• Hyphenation: dwang
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

dwang m (uncountable)

1. coercion, compulsion

Derived terms

• dwangarbeid, dwangarbeider
• dwangbevel
• dwangbuis
• dwangmaatregel
• dwangmatig
• dwangmiddel
• dwangnagel
• dwangpositie
• dwangrail
• dwangsom
• dwangvoorstelling
• dwangzet
• huwelijksdwang
• lijfsdwang

Related terms

• dwingen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dwang

Further reading

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]