tryna
verb/ˈtɹaɪ(ə)nə/
Etymology
Reduction of trying to. Chiefly AAVE, though also a natural realization of "trying to" in many other dialects. Compare gonna.
Definitions
a future modal indicating intent
- Every time I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho / Tryna make a sister feel low / You know all of that gots to go
- You get caught in the middle, tryna dribble on my court
- […] Mr. Kelly’s verse outshines all the others (“I’m tryna keep it R&B/But these streets is a part of me,” he sings, ascending into falsetto); he gives the chorus a tuneful makeover too.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for tryna. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA