wanta

See also: Wanta and waŋta

English

Alternative forms

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

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/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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
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