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Imma
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imma I'mma
Translingual
mul
Etymology
mul
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Immidae certain tropical micromoths
Hypernyms
genus ; Glossata suborder suborder; Heteroneura infraorder infraorder; Immoidea superfamily superfamily; Immidae family family
Hyponyms
genus Imma rugosalis species type species
References
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English
Alternative forms
en I'mma imma I'ma i'ma Ima ima Ima' I'm a I'm a' i'm a' I'm'a i'm'a I'm-a
Etymology
en :af I'm gonna 1
/ˈaɪm ɡənə/ → /ˈaɪmənə/ → /ˈaɪmnə/ → /ˈaɪmə/
Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of en I'm en gonna. Includes a reduction of /mn/ to /m/ (see reduction of /mb/ and /mn/ on Wikipedia). Common in and possibly originated in African-American Vernacular English, but is used more broadly today. According to m'Cheaux, it originated in Gullah, where "-a" replaces "-ing" and indicates immediate future tense.
Pronunciation
en /ˈaɪmə/ [ˈaːmə] US
en aɪmə 2
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Imma.wav US
Contraction
contr
en chiefly US colloquial AAVE en I'm gonna.
en So Imma say 16 or 17, cool.
en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUHQpCM7yyY Kanye West Kanye West, MTV Video Music Awards 2009 Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! One of the best videos of all time!
en 2017 Frankie Pamplemousse The No-Kart Race The ZhuZhus I told you we should have gone with the mermaid costume. I'mma put this on -- 'cause I'm going to the race cause I feel better.
Quotations
en
Anagrams
en aimm Imam Mami imam maim mami
en contractions i'mma
en triple contractions i'mma
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
it female Immacolata
Anagrams
it aimm imam mima
Old Dutch
Etymology
Female shorter form of names starting with the Proto-Germanic naming element gem-pro *ermunaz *ermuna-.
Proper noun
odt proper noun f
odt female Emma
9th century , Evangeliarium van Munsterbilzen [Evangelistary of Munsterbilzen];
odt [...] Hadewigis / Imma / Richiza [...] T[h]esi samanunga was edele unde scōna. [...] Hadewigis, Imma, Richiza [...] This community was noble and fair.
Declension
m 1 Imm
Further reading
fr https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa033186801_01/_jaa033186801_01_0018.php 1868 Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le duché de Limbourg. Deel 5 Trois documents sur Wittem 454