different between finna vs fina

English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n(n)?/
• Rhymes: -?n?

Contraction

finna

1. African-American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm finna go to the store.

See also

• gonna; going to; finne

Anagrams

• Finan

Faroese

Etymology 1

Noun

finna f (genitive singular finnu, plural finnur)

1. (chess) pawn
2. small woman

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Verb

finna (third person singular past indicative fann, third person plural past indicative funnu, supine funnið)

1. to find
2. to meet

Conjugation

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?a/
• Rhymes: -?n?a

  Homophones: Finna

Verb

finna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fann, third-person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)

1. (with accusative) to find
   • 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson

     Krummi krunkar úti,

     kallar á nafna sinn:

     „Ég fann höfuð af hrúti

     hrygg og gæruskinn.“

     Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,

     krummi nafni minn.

     “The raven croaks outside,

     calling his namesake:

     ‘I found the head of a ram,

     backbone and sheepskin.’

     Come now and peck with me,

     Raven, my namesake.”

   Ég fann þig!

   I found you!

2. (with accusative) to meet
3. (with accusative) to sense, to feel something

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (find): uppgötva
• (meet): hitta
• (sense): skynja

Derived terms

Anagrams

• nafni

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• finne (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic ???????????????????????? (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²f?n??/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

finna (present tense finn, past tense fann, supine funne, past participle funnen, present participle finnande, imperative finn)

1. to find

References

• “finna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognate with Old English findan, Old Frisian finda, Old Saxon findan, Old Dutch findan, Old High German findan, Gothic ???????????????????????? (finþan).

Verb

finna (singular past indicative fann, plural past indicative fundu, past participle fundinn)

1. to find

Conjugation

Descendants

References

• finna in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?.

Verb

finna

1. to find
2. to notice
3. to deem, consider

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: finna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish finna, from Old Norse finna, from Proto-Germanic *finþan?, from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?n?a/

Verb

finna (present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)

1. (slightly formal) to find, to locate, to discover

2. (formal) to have come a conclusion or opinion

3. (passive only) to exist

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (find): hitta

English

Alternative forms

• see fixing to

Contraction

fina

1. African-American Vernacular form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action.

References

• fina', The Rice University Neologisms Database

Anagrams

• Fain, an if, fain, naif, naïf

Asturian

Verb

fina

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?fi.n?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fi.na/

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fi

Esperanto

Etymology

From fino +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fina/
• Hyphenation: fin?a
• Rhymes: -ina
• Audio:

Adjective

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

1. final

Galician

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Italian

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Anagrams

• naïf

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi?.na/

Adverb

fina

1. pronominal form of f': in us

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fi?.n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

fina

1. (dialectal, nonstandard since 1901) weak feminine/neuter singular of fin
2. (obsolete, nonstandard since 1901) strong feminine plural of fin

Occitan

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fin

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fi.n?/

Noun

fina m

1. woodpecker

   Synonym: *spiht

Declension

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fi?na

Etymology 1

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Etymology 2

Verb

fina

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of finar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of finar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fina/, [?fi.na]

Adjective

fina

1. feminine singular of fino

Verb

fina

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of finir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of finir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of finir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of finir.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

fina

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of fin.