different between ganna vs wanna

English

Etymology

Khwe kanna

Noun

ganna (usually uncountable, plural gannas)

1. (South Africa) A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.

Anagrams

• Anang, nanga, ngana

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ganna f

1. (Sette Comuni) quarry

References

• “ganna” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Oromo

Noun

ganna

1. summer

English

Pronunciation

• (preconsonantal)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?w?.n?/, /?w?.n?/
• (prevocalic)
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?w?.nu/, /?w?.nu/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Contraction

wanna

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

   I wanna go home!

2. (informal) 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 very casual writing or transcription of casual speech. They are common in transcriptions of pop song lyrics.

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

Derived terms

• wanna contraction

See also

• gonna
• gotta

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?n?n?/

Noun

wanná f 

1. heart

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 74

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vannus.

Noun

wanna f

1. tub

Descendants

• Middle High German: [Term?]
  • German: Wanne
    • ? Estonian: vann
    • ? Russian: ?????? (vánna) (see there for further descendants)
  • Yiddish: ??????? (vane)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from early Modern High German Wanne or its Middle High German etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?van.na/, [?van?a]

Noun

wanna f

1. bath, bathtub

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) wannowy

Further reading

• wanna in Polish dictionaries at PWN