kitaip

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Lithuanian

Etymology

kìtas (“other”) +‎ -aip (“adverbial suffix”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kitaĩp

  1. differently, in a different (another) way
    vienaip ar kitaip ― in one way or another
  2. or else, otherwise, alternatively
    • 1942, Vytautas Mačernis, Laiškai Bronei Vildžiūnaitei:
      Tu spruk iš to Vilniaus kur nors į kaimą, o kitaip Tu ten pražūsi
      You must get out of Vilnius and go to the countryside, or else you will perish there

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kìtas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 292
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