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African-American Vernacular and Southern US form of fixing to: used to express a desire or future action. quotations examples
Aw, dude, you finna get yo' ass whooped, mufucka.
1999, Mary Pattillo-McCoy, Black Picket Fences: Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class
I don't ask for much, but enough room to spread these wings / And the world finna know my name, now listen to me
2002, “The Seed (2.0)”, in Phrenology, performed by The Roots
I ain't talkin' about what you did homie, I'm talkin' about what's finna happen.
2012, Cam Rascoe, Restless for Retribution: A Series of Short Stories, page 121