sunaaffa

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /sunaaffa/, [sʉ.nəːf.fa]

Particle

sunaaffa

  1. 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

  • usiuffa

References

  • "sunaaffa" in Dictionary of the West Greenland Eskimo Language, Schultz Lorentzen 1927.
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