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English
Alternative forms
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, 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
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Want, from Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą.
Pronunciation
Noun
wanta f
Declension
Declension of wanta
Derived terms
(adjective):
(noun):
Further reading
- wanta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wanta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Warlpiri
Noun
wanta