"أما" meaning in South Levantine Arabic

See أما in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: /ʔam.ma/, [ˈʔam.ma] Audio: LL-Q55633582 (ajp)-Khalil.rantissi-أمّا.wav Forms: ʔamma [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā). Etymology templates: {{inh|ajp|ar|أَمَّا}} Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā) Head templates: {{ajp-conjunction|tr=ʔamma}} أما • (ʔamma)
  1. whereas, as for, but Synonyms: بسّ
    Sense id: en-أما-ajp-conj-ZkHoISQA
  2. used to indicate surprise or other strong feelings in an exclamation Synonyms: ما
    Sense id: en-أما-ajp-conj-bPRxf32o
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          "english": "I can give you a thousand dinars — as for two thousand, I really can't right now.",
          "roman": "ʔalf dīnār mumken aʕṭīk, ʔamma ʔalfēn halla walla mā baʔdar.",
          "text": "ألف دينار ممكن اعطيك — أمّا ألفين، هلا والله ما بقدر.",
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          "text": "كل هادا، معليش — أمّا يكذب علي كمان؟\nkull hāda, maʕlēš — ʔamma yikzeb ʕalay kamān?\nAll of this is fine — but that he should lie to me too?",
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        {
          "text": "دخلنا جول — أمّا شو جول!\ndaḵalna gōl — ʔamma šū gōl!\nWe scored a goal — what a goal!",
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          "english": "I can give you a thousand dinars — as for two thousand, I really can't right now.",
          "roman": "ʔalf dīnār mumken aʕṭīk, ʔamma ʔalfēn halla walla mā baʔdar.",
          "text": "ألف دينار ممكن اعطيك — أمّا ألفين، هلا والله ما بقدر.",
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        {
          "text": "كل هادا، معليش — أمّا يكذب علي كمان؟\nkull hāda, maʕlēš — ʔamma yikzeb ʕalay kamān?\nAll of this is fine — but that he should lie to me too?",
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          "word": "بسّ"
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          "text": "دخلنا جول — أمّا شو جول!\ndaḵalna gōl — ʔamma šū gōl!\nWe scored a goal — what a goal!",
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      ],
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