finna

F4I1N1N1A1
/ˈfɪn(n)ə/

verb

A modal used to express a desire or future action.

“I'm finna go to the store.”

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Meanings

verb
  1. Southern USauxiliaryAfrican-AmericanA modal used to express a desire or future action.

    I'm finna go to the store.

    3 more examples

    Aw, dude, you finna get yo' ass whooped, mufucka.

    1999, Mary Pattillo-McCoy, Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class, →ISBN

    I don't ask for much, but enough room to spread these wings / And the world finna know my name, now listen to me

    2002, “The Seed (2.0)”, in Phrenology, performed by The Roots

    I ain't talkin' about what you did homie, I'm talkin' about what's finna happen.

    2012, Cam Rascoe, Restless for Retribution: A Series of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 121

Origin

Reduction of fixing to.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with finna

pinnaYaquinadinna
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Anagrams

Finanfanin
Cite this entry
APA

finna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finna

MLA

“finna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finna. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finna,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finna.

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