wanna

See also: wanną and waŋná

English

Etymology

Contraction of want to. Attested as early as 1824.

Pronunciation

• (preconsonantal)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈwɑ.nə/, /ˈwʌ.nə/, /ˈwɔ.nə/
• (prevocalic)
  • IPA^(key): /-nuː/, /-nə/
    • In accents where prevocalic schwa would usually trigger linking-R (most non-rhotic accents), this does not happen.

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒnə

Contraction

wanna

1. (colloquial) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want to.

   I wanna go home!

   • 2017 January 31, Emma Kennedy, Shoes for Anthony: A Novel‎^[1], Macmillan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 115:

     'Pair of shoes for you at last.' I picked one up. It was weathered, with a split heel and no laces. 'Too big for me,' I said, dropping it back to the floor. 'Wanna look at the Germans, like?' said Ade, standing. 'Proper, like? Come on. […]

2. (colloquial) Represents a contracted pronunciation of want a.

   I wanna puppy!

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 *wannu.

Noun

wanna f

1. tub

Descendants

• Middle High German: wanne
  • German: Wanne (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/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -anna
• Syllabification: wan‧na

Noun

wanna f

1. bath, bathtub

Declension

Declension of wanna

	singular	plural
nominative	wanna	wanny
genitive	wanny	wanien
dative	wannie	wannom
accusative	wannę	wanny
instrumental	wanną	wannami
locative	wannie	wannach
vocative	wanno	wanny

Derived terms

adjective

• wannowy

 

Further reading

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