wakanga

== Cebuano == === Etymology === From Hokkien 我空啊！ (Óa-khàng--a! / Òa--khang--a!, “oh my heavens!; OMG!; oh wow!”, expletive). Compare with Mandarin 我的天 (wǒ de tiān, “my heavens!”) and Mandarin 天啊 (tiān a, “oh heavens!”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wakaˈŋa/ [wɐ.kɐˈŋa] Hyphenation: wa‧ka‧nga === Interjection === wakangá (Badlit spelling ᜏᜃᜅ) (colloquial, humorous, potentially offensive) Expression of surprise or anger mimicking Chinese people who are said to use it in anger or surprise.; ching chong ==== See also ==== wakang tsibay Tsekwa Insik === References === John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press