"sunaaffa" meaning in Greenlandic

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Particle

IPA: /sunaaffa/ (note: Nuuk), [sʉ.nəːf.fa] (note: Nuuk)
Head templates: {{head|kl|particle}} sunaaffa
  1. Expression denoting surprise and/or lack of expectation, similar in some senses to lo and behold. Related terms: usiuffa
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and the like, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.",
          "ref": "1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:",
          "text": "Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.",
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        "Expression denoting surprise and/or lack of expectation, similar in some senses to lo and behold."
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      "links": [
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          "lo and behold",
          "lo and behold"
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      "related": [
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          "word": "usiuffa"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sunaaffa/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[sʉ.nəːf.fa]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sunaaffa"
}
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        {
          "english": "While they had, of course, already seen people with light skin in news papers and the like, it turned out that they had not met any in the flesh.",
          "ref": "1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:",
          "text": "Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.",
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          "lo and behold",
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/sunaaffa/",
      "note": "Nuuk"
    },
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      "ipa": "[sʉ.nəːf.fa]",
      "note": "Nuuk"
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