vangueâ

Etymology

 * Apparently, itself from ( / ) (compare 🇨🇬, ), with alternation of /b/ and /v/.
 * Also proposed is an origin of, having shifted phonologically via [vãgˈʒa] → [vãgiˈa], although the ultimate etymology of this Portuguese term is not given, suggested by some to also possibly derive from the Hindustani term.
 * Alternatively,, although this is deemed less likely. The latter may have been derived as a folk etymology, given the overlap in semantics and possible further semantic influence by the Cantonese term. Furthermore, in this case the emergence of -gue- would be unexplained.

Verb

 * 1) to feel faint, feel dizzy
 * 2) to faint