otiia
1. but, on the other hand - a conjunction.
Ka kauhoe anō a Hinemoa; otiia kīhai i āta kite atu i Mokoia i te pōuri o te pō (NM 1928:110). / Hinemoa continued swimming; but she could not see Mokoia clearly because the noght was so dark.
Synonyms: engaringari, koa, kāpā, manohi, engari, erangi, ia, tēnā, tēnā ko tēnei