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Vang
Definitions
- 1 A Hmong surname from the Hmong languages of Chinese origin.
- 2 A Hmong surname from Khmer
- 1 A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
"Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial."
- 1 To take; undertake for. dialectal, obsolete
- 2 To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
"On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc."
- 3 To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to. dialectal
Etymology
* As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmong surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang).
From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.
Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.
Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.
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