wakanga

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!”).

• IPA^(key): /wakaˈŋa/ [wɐ.kɐˈŋa]
• Hyphenation: wa‧ka‧nga

wakangá (Badlit spelling ᜏᜃᜅ)

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

• wakang
• tsibay
• Tsekwa
• Insik

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press