fina

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

fina

1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.
   • 2008, Jodie Miller, quoting "Lisa", Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence, →ISBN:

     I'm like, "Well I'm fina catch the bus home," 'cause... my cousin was fina walk down to my auntie house but I wanted to go home.

   • 2011, Charlan M. Johnson, Once Lost... ...Now Found, →ISBN, page 8:

     "I'm fina make some money off yo' ass."

   • 2013, Jody Miller, quoting "Shauntell", “Case study: African American girls, urban inequality”, in The Oxford Handbook of Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration, →ISBN, page 267:

     Then [the girls] come out cryin', sayin' I'm fina go home.

   • 2013, Sami Martin, Kept Quiet: A Story of Family, Sex & Deceit, →ISBN, page 182:

     "I'm fina beat this bitch ass!"

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, naif, naïf

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular imperative of finar

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology

From fino +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfina]

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: fin‧a

Adjective

fina (accusative singular finan, plural finaj, accusative plural finajn)

1. final

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.na/
• Rhymes: -ina
• Hyphenation: fì‧na

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• anfi-, fian, naïf

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.na/

Adverb

fina

1. first-person plural pronominal form of f’: in us

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fiː.nɑ/

Adjective

fina

1. (dialectal, nonstandard since 1901) weak feminine/neuter singular of fin
   • 1980, Ingvar Moe, Sommaren te Ingebjerr, Oslo: Samlaget, page 11:

     Ingebjerr tåtte det va så kjekt atte noken vilde høyra om alt det fina og løgna som o hadde gjort på denna sommaren.

     Ingebjerr was delighted that someone would hear about all the nice and funny things she had been doing this summer.

2. (obsolete, nonstandard since 1901) strong feminine plural of fin
   • 1974 [1850], Andris Vang, “Den forgjyltø skog”, in Gamla reglo å rispo ifrå Valdris, Universitetsforlaget, page 11:

     Å dæ æ tvær fina jamfrjugo, so bea um huus i nat, sa dei.

     And there are two fair virgins, who ask for lodging tonight, said they.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fin

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.nɑ/

Noun

fina m

1. woodpecker

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fi‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfina/ [ˈfi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: fi‧na

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. inflection of finar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of finir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fina

1. inflection of fin:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural