different between wonga vs wong

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani wangar (“coal”), from Sanskrit ?????? (á?g?ra, “charcoal, coal”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háng?ras, from Proto-Indo-European *h?óng?l?. The English term coal was itself used as a slang term for money in England in the 18th and 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w????/
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

wonga (uncountable)

1. (slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

   • 2009, K. O. Dahl, The Fourth Man: A Thriller, Minotaur Books (?ISBN), page 59:

     I don't mean to be difficult, I said to the madame in reception, but I'm paying a lot of wonga, so these women of yours should be able to manage a bit of service, shouldn't they, I said, and then I was given a voucher.

Further reading

• “wonga”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• Gowan, Wagon, gowan, wagon, wango

English

Etymology 1

From Old English wang, wong, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Danish vang.

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. (obsolete, except in placenames) A field or other piece of land.

Etymology 2

From the pen name Stanford Wong.

Verb

wong (third-person singular simple present wongs, present participle wonging, simple past and past participle wonged)

1. (gambling) To enter a betting game, particularly blackjack, when the odds are favorable.

Derived terms

• wongable

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

wong (plural wongs)

1. In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.

Anagrams

• gown

Balinese

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uRa?, possibly via Old Javanese wo?, wwa? (“human being, man; attendant”). Cognate of Indonesian wong, orang, Javanese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w??]
• Hyphenation: wong

Noun

wong (???)

1. people

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese wong (????, “human, person”), from Old Javanese wo?, wwa?, from Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uRa?. Cognate of Indonesian orang, Javanese wong, Balinese wong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?w??]
• Hyphenation: wong

Noun

wong (first-person possessive wongku, second-person possessive wongmu, third-person possessive wongnya)

1. (colloquial) synonym of orang (“human, person”).

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Javanese

Alternative forms

• uwong
• ????

Etymology

From Old Javanese wo?, wwa?. Possible cognates are Malay orang (“human being”), Acehnese ureung (“human being”), Sundanese urang (“human being”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w??/
• Hyphenation: wong
• Rhymes: -w??, -o?

Noun

wong

1. person, human being
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 1), Landsdrukkerij, p. 7:

     Éliding dongèng mangkéné, rahayu wong kang angèstokaké sarta ngabekti ing Allah, kaya upamané marang bapa.

2. people, society
   • 1928, Dedongèngan, Balé Pustaka, p. 3:

     Ananging kahanan mau ora pati disumurupi utawa diajèni déning wong-wong saka Surakarta, kang padha among seneng mrono saben ing dina Nga'at.

3. adult
   • 1889, C.F. Winter, Dongèng Wewulang Becik (Volume 2), Landsdrukkerij, p. 8:

     Anuli ana wong liwat, acalathu marang bocah kang padha rebutan tali, mangkono iku patuwasé wong dhemen padu kang pinadu barang rèmèh.

   • 1928, R.M. Aryasutirta, Paribasan, p. 21:

     Ana wong sugih, dolan-dolan menyang désa, ing kono kepethuk karo bocah cilik siji, isih wuda mlaku ijèn.

4. successful person
5. physical characteristics of a person
6. subordinate, follower
   • 1880, Pepethikan saking Kitab Suci, p. 179:

     [...] sang tetindhih nulya nabda aglis / hèh Élia sira wongé Allah / paréntahku marang kowé / trang saka dhawuh prabu / lah mudhuna Élia dèn aglis / —

Synonyms

• jalma, janma, manungsa

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: wong

References

• "wong" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /won?/, [wo??]

Noun

wong m (nominative plural wongas)

1. Alternative spelling of wang