English

Contraction

Ima

1. Alternative form of Imma (I'm going to).
   • 2000, Charlotte Carter, Coq au vin, Warner Books, ISBN 0446607878, pg. 124:

     Ima call her as soon as you hang up.

2. (nonstandard) I'm.
   • 2006, Dax Herrera, Edgar N Vective: Paranormal Detective, Hammerica Publishing, ISBN 0615135218, pg. 65:

     Ima gonna close my eyes and you toss that there pebble in the air.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ima

1. (dated) A formerly common Anglo-American given name.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hebrew אמא.

Proper noun

Ima

1. Mom, Mommy, one's mother

Anagrams

• AIM, aim, AMI, IAM, MAI, Mai, MIA, Mia, mia

English

Contraction

ima

1. Alternative form of Imma

Classical Nahuatl

Noun

īmā

1. third-person singular possessed form of maitl (his/her/its hand)

Hungarian

Etymology

Back-formation from imád.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈimɒ]
• Hyphenation: ima

Noun

ima ‎(plural imák)

1. prayer

Declension

Derived terms

• imamalom
• imazsámoly

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

Noun

ima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

Italian

Adjective

ima

1. feminine singular of imo

Itawit

Noun

ima

1. hand

Japanese

Romanization

ima

1. rōmaji reading of いま

Latin

Adjective

īma

1. nominative feminine singular of īmus
2. nominative neuter plural of īmus
3. accusative neuter plural of īmus
4. vocative feminine singular of īmus
5. vocative neuter plural of īmus

īmā

1. ablative feminine singular of īmus

References

• IMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Quechua

Adjective

ima

1. any

Adverb

ima

1. also, and

Noun

ima

1. thing, something

Declension

Pronoun

ima

1. (interrogative pronoun) what
2. (indefinite pronoun) thing

Romanian

Etymology

From im or possibly from Latin līmāre, present active infinitive of līmō ‎(“I besmirch, bespatter with mud”).

Verb

a ima ‎(third-person singular present imă, past participle imat) 1st conj.

1. (regional) to dirty, besmirch, make dirty with mud or dung
2. (regional, figuratively) to desecrate or defile through words or curses

Synonyms

• (to dirty): murdări, mânji (cu noroi sau baligă)
• (to defile): întina (cu vorba, înjurături)

Related terms

• im
• imăciune

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic إِيمَاء ‎(ʾīmāʾ).

Noun

ima ‎(definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

1. hint