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| Language | Translations for "TO WANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | أراد. (various references) | |
Asturian | querer. (various references) | |
Bemba | ukufwaya. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | sstaa. (various references) | |
Breton | fellout. (various references) | |
Cebuano | magtinguha. (various references) | |
Chamorro | para man malagó. (various references) | |
Chinese | 需要 (needs), 需 (necessity, need, to need, to require), 要 (ask, coerce, demand, important, must, request, to be going to, vital), 願意 (ready, to wish, willing), 想 (to believe, to miss, to suppose, to think, to wish). (various references) | |
Cornish | mynnes. (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | munana. (various references) | |
Faeroese | at vanta. (various references) | |
Frisian | wolle (be willing to, want, wish). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szűkölködik (to be in need), nincs (nae, no good talking about it, no hard feelings!, there is not, to be out of job, to be out of pocket, to be out of sorts, to be out of time, to be out with sy, to hang slack, to pay no regard to sg), nélkülöz (to be in necessity, to spare), kíván (to necessitate, wish), igényel (to call for, to claim, to demand), hiányzik (to be wanting), akar (want, to will), óhajt (to desire, to will). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | pijumaluni. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 欲する (to desire), 欲しがる (to covet, to desire, to wish for), 求める (to buy, to demand, to hunt, to pursue, to request, to search for, to seek, to wish for), 求む (to request, to seek), 使う (to employ, to handle, to manipulate, to use). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | つかう (to circulate, to consume, to dispatch, to donate, to employ, to handle, to manipulate, to need, to practise, to send, to speak, to spend, to take, to use), ほしがる (to covet, to desire, to wish for), ほっする (to desire), もとめる (to buy, to demand, to hunt, to pursue, to request, to search for, to seek, to wish for), もとむ (to request, to seek). (various references) | |
Maori | hiahia-tia. (various references) | |
Maya | kaat (jar). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | won, wan (are going to, want). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otay antway.(various references) | |
Provencal | voler. (various references) | |
Romany | mangàva. (various references) | |
Ruanda | gushaka. (various references) | |
Samoan | e manao. (various references) | |
Shona | -da. (various references) | |
Sicilian | vuliri. (various references) | |
Tahitian | hina'aro. (various references) | |
Turkish | istememek (be undesirous of, hate, jib, not to want, reject, wave aside). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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