Imma

Hypernyms

 * ; suborder;  infraorder;  superfamily;  family

Hyponyms

 * type species

Etymology
Written form of a relaxed pronunciation of. 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. Harvard professor Sunn m'Cheaux says the term originated in the Gullah English creole language, where "a-" replaces "-ing" and indicates immediate future tense.

Contraction

 * 1)  contraction of I'm gonna or I'm 'onna, both being contractions of I'm going to
 * 2) * Winwardo (rapper)
 * So listen 'cause Imma come out.
 * So listen 'cause Imma come out.