wanta
See also: Wanta
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 (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
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Warlpiri
Noun
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