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Greenlandic
Pronunciation
Particle
sunaaffa
- Expression denoting surprise and/or lack of expectation, similar in some senses to lo and behold.
1998 September 1, “Aatsaat qaamasunik amilinnik takusut”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Soorunami siornatigut aviisitigut allatigullu qaamasunik amillit qanoq isikkoqarnersut ilisimareeraluarlugit sunaaffa aatsaat iluamik inuttarsisut.- Although they had certainly seen light-skinned people in newspapers and other media before, it turned out it was only until now that they met any in person.
See also
References
- "sunaaffa" in Dictionary of the West Greenland Eskimo Language, Schultz Lorentzen 1927.