wanna

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English

Etymology

Contraction of want to. Attested as early as 1824.

Pronunciation

• (preconsonantal)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nə/, /ˈwʌ.nə/, /ˈwɔ.nə/
• (prevocalic)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nʊ/, /ˈwʌ.nʊ/, /ˈwɔ.nʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɒnə

Contraction

wanna

1. (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.
2. (informal) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a.

Usage notes

The spoken contractions are widespread in everyday informal speech. The written contractions are inappropriate outside informal writing or transcription of casual speech.

Wanna is less commonly and less regularly used as a contraction of wants to and wants a.

Derived terms

• wannabe
• wanna contraction

See also

• gonna
• gotta

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wanˈna/, [wʌnˈnʌ]
• Hyphenation: wan‧na

Noun

wanná f 

1. heart

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wannā.

Noun

wanna f

1. tub

Descendants

• Middle High German: wanne
  • German: Wanne
    • → Estonian: vann
    • → Polish: wanna
    • → Russian: ва́нна (vánna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Vilamovian: wonn
  • Yiddish: וואַנע‎ (vane)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wanne, from Middle High German wanne, from Old High German wanna, from Latin vannus, from Proto-Italic *watnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvan.na/
• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: wan‧na

Noun

wanna f

1. bath, bathtub

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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