wange

== Middle English == === Noun === wange (plural wanges) cheek; jaw == Old English == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-West Germanic *wangā, from Proto-Germanic *wangô (“cheek”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- (“neck, cheek”). More at English wang. ==== Alternative forms ==== wænge, wenge ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈwɑn.ɡe/, [ˈwɑŋ.ɡe] ==== Noun ==== wange n cheek, jaw Synonyms: ċēace, hlēor, wang ===== Usage notes ===== Ēage, ēare, and wange are the only three neuter nouns regularly declined as weak nouns in Old English. However, unlike the former two, wange sometimes displays strong forms, either of the masculine or the feminine strong declension. Both possible declensions are given below. ===== Declension ===== Weak: ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: wange English: wang ==== References ==== Alan Campbell (1962), chapter XI, in Old English Grammar‎[1], Oxford, Clarendon Press, B, page 249, §618 === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== wange m dative singular of wang == Ternate == === Etymology === Cognate with Sahu wangere (“day”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈwa.ŋe] === Noun === wange day mawange ― the other day the sun Synonym: wange malako (literally “eye of the day”) === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh