"Ima" meaning in English

See Ima in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Contraction

Etymology: From I'm or I'm going to. Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} Ima, {{en-cont}} Ima
  1. Alternative form of Imma (I'm going to). Tags: alt-of, alternative, contraction Alternative form of: Imma (extra: I'm going to)
    Sense id: en-Ima-en-contraction-h8DPbH8O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16
  2. (nonstandard) I'm. Tags: contraction, nonstandard
    Sense id: en-Ima-en-contraction-ApGuBSJu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ima
  1. (dated) A formerly common Anglo-American given name. Tags: dated Categories (topical): English female given names
    Sense id: en-Ima-en-name-AHYDwc~z Disambiguation of English female given names: 5 0 84 11 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 34 6 44 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אמא. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|אמא}} Hebrew אמא Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ima
  1. Mom, Mommy, one's mother.
    Sense id: en-Ima-en-name-txcDGjXa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

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