Etymology

Reduction of fixing to.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FINNA
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪn(n)ə/Category:English 2-syllable words#FINNACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA
• Rhymes: -ɪnəCategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnə#FINNACategory:Rhymes:English/ɪnə/2 syllables#FINNA

Verb

finnaCategory:English non-lemma forms#FINNACategory:English contractions#FINNACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA (auxiliaryCategory:English auxiliary verbs#FINNA)

1. (African-AmericanCategory:African-American English#FINNA, Southern USCategory:Southern US English#FINNA) A modal used to express a desire or future action.

   I'm finna go to the store.Category:English terms with usage examples#FINNA

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

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#FINNA

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

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#FINNA

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

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

     Category:English terms with quotations#FINNA

See also

• gonna; tryna

Anagrams

• Finan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfinna/Category:Esperanto 2-syllable words#FINNACategory:Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation#FINNA
• Rhymes: -innaCategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/inna#FINNACategory:Rhymes:Esperanto/inna/2 syllables#FINNA
• Syllabification: fin‧na

Adjective

finna (accusative singular finnan, plural finnaj, accusative plural finnajn)Category:Esperanto lemmas#FINNACategory:Esperanto adjectives#FINNACategory:Esperanto entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. Finnish

Further reading

• “finna”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “finna”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Faroese entries#FINNA

Etymology 2

From Old NorseCategory:Faroese terms derived from Old Norse#FINNA finna, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FINNA *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse#FINNACategory:Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse#FINNA finna, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FINNA *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnːa/Category:Icelandic 2-syllable words#FINNACategory:Icelandic terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA
• Rhymes: -ɪnːaCategory:Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːa#FINNACategory:Rhymes:Icelandic/ɪnːa/2 syllables#FINNA

  Homophone: FinnaCategory:Icelandic terms with homophones#FINNA

Verb

finna (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative fann, third-person plural past indicative fundu, supine fundið)Category:Icelandic lemmas#FINNACategory:Icelandic verbs#FINNACategory:Icelandic strong verbs#FINNACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. to find [with accusative]

   Synonym: uppgötva

   • 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.”

     Category:Icelandic terms with quotations#FINNA

   Ég fann þig!

   I found you!

   Category:Icelandic terms with usage examples#FINNA

2. to meet [with accusative]

   Synonym: hitta

3. to sense, to feel something [with accusative]

   Synonym: skynja

Anagrams

• nafni

Alternative forms

• finne (e and split infinitives)

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse#FINNA finna, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FINNA *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”). Cognates include Danish finde, Swedish finna, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan), German finden, Dutch vinden, and English find.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɪnːɑ/Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA
• IPA^(key): /fiɲː/ (dialects with both palatalization and apocope)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA

Verb

finna (present tense finn, past tense fann, supine funne, past participle funnen, present participle finnande, imperative finn)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk verbs#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk class 3 strong verbs#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk strong verbs#FINNACategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. to find

References

• “finna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfin.nɑ/Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA

Noun

finnaCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#FINNACategory:Old English noun forms#FINNACategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. genitive plural of finn

Etymology

From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FINNACategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FINNA *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 𐍆𐌹𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌽 (finþan).

Verb

finna (singular past indicative fann, plural past indicative fundu, past participle fundinn)Category:Old Norse lemmas#FINNACategory:Old Norse verbs#FINNACategory:Old Norse entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. to find

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “finna”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology

From Old NorseCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#FINNACategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#FINNA finna, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FINNACategory:Old Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną.

Verb

finnaCategory:Old Swedish lemmas#FINNACategory:Old Swedish verbs#FINNACategory:Old Swedish entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

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

Etymology

From Old SwedishCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish#FINNACategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish#FINNA finna, from Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#FINNACategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#FINNA finna, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#FINNACategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic#FINNA *finþaną, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#FINNA *pent- (“to go, pass; path, bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪnːa/Category:Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation#FINNA

• Audio:

  (file)

  Category:Swedish terms with audio pronunciation#FINNA

Verb

finna (present finner, preterite fann, supine funnit, imperative finn)Category:Swedish lemmas#FINNACategory:Swedish verbs#FINNACategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#FINNACategory:Pages with entries#FINNACategory:Pages with 9 entries#FINNA

1. (slightly formalCategory:Swedish formal terms#FINNA) to find, to locate, to discover

   Var kan man finna en kopp kaffe här i närheten?

   Where can you find a cup of coffee near here?

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

2. (formalCategory:Swedish formal terms#FINNA) to find (something to be a particular way)

   Jag finner det mycket märkligt att ingen kan ta på sig ansvaret för det inträffade!

   I find it very strange that nobody is willing to take responsibility for what has happened!

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

3. (passive voice only) to exist

   Det finns nå'nstans en blå planet

   There exists somewhere, a blue planet

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

4. (reflexiveCategory:Swedish reflexive verbs#FINNA) to find oneself (in a particular situation)

   Han såg sig i spegeln och fann sig vara en mås

   He looked in the mirror and found himself to be a gull

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

5. (reflexiveCategory:Swedish reflexive verbs#FINNA, in "finna sig i") to put up with

   Jag tänker inte finna mig i det där!

   I won't put up with that!

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

   Jag var helt enkelt tvungen att finna mig i det

   I simply had to put up with it

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

6. (reflexiveCategory:Swedish reflexive verbs#FINNA) to maintain or (quickly) regain one's composure (particularly of having a good reply)

   Åklagaren trodde han satt dit henne, men hon fann sig snabbt och gav ett övertygande svar

   The prosecutor thought he had her, but she quickly regained her composure and gave a convincing answer

   Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#FINNA

References

• “finna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “finna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “finna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)