wakanga

Cebuano

Etymology

From Philippine Hokkien 我空啊 (óa khàng--a!, “my heavens!; OMG!; wow!”, expletive). Compare with Mandarin 我的天 (wǒ de tiān, “my heavens!”) and Mandarin 天啊 (tiān a, “heavens!”).

Interjection

wakanga

1. (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