wanta

See also: Wanta and waŋta

English

Alternative forms

• wanna

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of want to, used informally in most English dialects.

Contraction

wanta

1. Eye dialect spelling of want to.
   • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 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.”

See also

• gotta
• gonna

Meriam

Noun

wanta

1. 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/

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: wan‧ta

Noun

wanta f

1. (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

1. sun
2. summer
3. year