Imma

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Imma f A taxonomic genus within the family Immidae – certain tropical micromoths. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Immoidea – superfamily; Immidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Imma rugosalis – type species === References === Imma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Imma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Imma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Alternative forms === 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 === Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of I'm 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 === (US) IPA(key): /ˈaɪmə/, [ˈaːmə] Rhymes: -aɪmə === Contraction === Imma (chiefly US, colloquial) Contraction of I'm +‎ gonna. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:Imma. === Anagrams === Imam, Mami, imam, maim, mami == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈim.ma/ Rhymes: -imma Hyphenation: Ìm‧ma === Proper noun === Imma f a diminutive of the female given name Immacolata === Anagrams === imam, mima == Old Dutch == === Etymology === Female shorter form of names starting with the Proto-Germanic naming element *ermuna-. === Proper noun === Imma f a female given name, equivalent to English Emma 9th century CE, Evangeliarium van Munsterbilzen [Evangelistary of Munsterbilzen]; ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Trois documents sur Wittem”, in Publications de la Société Historique et Archéologique dans le duché de Limbourg. Deel 5‎[2] (in French), 1868, page 454