kitaip

Lithuanian

Etymology

kitas + -aip

Adverb

kitaip

  1. differently, in a different (another) way
    vienaip ar kitaipin 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
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