gwine

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/ˈɡwaɪn/uncommon/ˈɡaɪn//ˈwaɪn/

A form of go — To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as people or cars, or intangible things such as moods or information.)

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Meanings

verb

alternative gine · alternative gwyne

  1. archaicparticiplepresentespecially African-American Vernacularpresent participle of go

    “Come on, you Snowflake,” he called, cracking his long whip. “You're gwine to get your sugar, but you-all is gwine to earn it first.”

    1921, Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe, Diantha's Quest, New York: The Macmillan company, page 78
    1 more example

    Well, I want spectin nothin; only Sam, he's a gwine to de river with some colts, and he said I could go long with him; so I jes put my things together.

    1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 21, in Uncle Tom's Cabin

Origin

Phonetic rendition of going; compare Gullah gwine. This particular form apparently results from the vocalic sequence in going (Early Modern English /ˈɡoː.ɪŋ/, /ˈɡoː.ɪn/) coalescing into a diphthong that was identified with reflexes of Middle English /ui̯/, which developed into /waɪ/ in some dialects; compare English traditional dialect pronunciations of point and toil as /ˈpwaɪnt/, /ˈtwaɪl/ (see twile). In other dialects, Middle English /ui̯/ instead developed into /aɪ/, resulting in the form gine; compare bile (“boil”), heist, rile.

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APA

gwine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gwine

MLA

“gwine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gwine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gwine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gwine.

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