Wanty vs Wanta - What's the difference?
wanty | wanta |
(UK, dialectal) A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.
(UK, dialect) A surcingle, or strap of leather, used for binding a load upon the back of an animal.
(UK, dialect) A leather tie; a short wagon rope.
(UK, dialectal) A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water.
As a noun wanty
is a girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.As an adjective wanty
is possessing or indicating lack; deficient.As a contraction wanta is
eye dialect of want to|lang=en.wanty
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) waynte, equivalent to .Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
(wanties)Etymology 2
From .wanta
English
Alternative forms
* wannaContraction
(en-cont)- 1937 , , 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.”
