wanta
See also: Wanta
English
Alternative forms
- wanna
Etymology
Written form of a reduction of want to, used informally in most English dialects.
Contraction
wanta
- Eye dialect spelling of want to.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 163:
- “We don’t wanta. Come on aid us. It might be night time when de water hem you up in heah. Dat’s how come Ah won’t stay. Come on, man.”
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 163:
See also
- gotta
- gonna
Meriam
Noun
wanta
- penis
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Want, from Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvan.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -anta
- Syllabification: wan‧ta
Noun
wanta f
- (sailing) shroud (mast support)
Declension
Declension of wanta
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | wanta | wanty |
genitive | wanty | want |
dative | wancie | wantom |
accusative | wantę | wanty |
instrumental | wantą | wantami |
locative | wancie | wantach |
vocative | wanto | wanty |
Derived terms
adjective
- wantowy
noun
- wantownik
Further reading
- wanta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wanta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Warlpiri
Noun
wanta
- sun
- summer
- year