wanna
See also: Wanna, wannä, wanną, and waŋná
English
Etymology
Contraction of want to. Attested as early as 1824.
Pronunciation
- (preconsonantal)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.nə/, /ˈwʌ.nə/, /ˈwɔ.nə/
- (prevocalic)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɑ.nʊ/, /ˈwʌ.nʊ/, /ˈwɔ.nʊ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnə
Contraction
wanna
- (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
- I wanna go home!
- 2017 January 31, Emma Kennedy, Shoes for Anthony: A Novel, Macmillan, →ISBN, OCLC 971495345, page 115:
- 'Pair of shoes for you at last.' I picked one up. It was weathered, with a split heel and no laces. 'Too big for me,' I said, dropping it back to the floor. 'Wanna look at the Germans, like?' said Ade, standing. 'Proper, like? Come on. […]
- (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a.
- I wanna puppy!
Usage notes
The spoken contractions are widespread in everyday informal speech. The written contractions are inappropriate outside informal writing or transcription of casual speech.
Wanna is less commonly and less regularly used as a contraction of wants to and wants a.
Derived terms
- wanna contraction
See also
- gonna
- gotta
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wʌnˈnʌ/
- Hyphenation: wan‧na
Noun
wanná f
- heart
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74
Old High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vannus.
Noun
wanna f
- tub
Descendants
- Middle High German:
- German: Wanne
- → Estonian: vann
- → Polish: wanna
- → Russian: ва́нна (vánna) (see there for further descendants)
- Vilamovian: wonn
- Yiddish: וואַנע (vane)
- German: Wanne
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Wanne, from Middle High German wanne, from Old High German wanna, from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvan.na/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anna
- Syllabification: wan‧na
Noun
wanna f
- bath, bathtub
Declension
Declension of wanna
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wanna | wanny |
| genitive | wanny | wanien |
| dative | wannie | wannom |
| accusative | wannę | wanny |
| instrumental | wanną | wannami |
| locative | wannie | wannach |
| vocative | wanno | wanny |
Derived terms
adjective
- wannowy
Further reading
- wanna in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN