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wanta

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See also: Wanta and waŋta

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Contraction

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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

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Meriam

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Noun

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wanta

  1. penis

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Want, from Middle Dutch want, gewant, from Old Dutch *giwant, from Proto-Germanic *gawandą.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvan.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -anta
  • Syllabification: wan‧ta

Noun

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wanta f

  1. (sailing) shroud (mast support)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
noun

Further reading

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  • wanta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wanta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Warlpiri

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Noun

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wanta

  1. sun
  2. summer
  3. year