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Japanese
Etymology
From さもない (samonai) + ば (-ba).
Conjunction
さもなくば • (samonakuba)
- otherwise, or, else
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
- 移行を導くか、さもなくば退陣するかである。
- Ikō o michibiku ka, samonakuba taijin suru ka de aru.
- He can lead that transition, or get out of the way.