ébamela, n. Second mother; female biological father. Always feminine. A male father usually gets the more modern mefísto epithet.

abama, n. Allomother; a caregiver other than the biological mother, such as a father or other close relation, who participates in childrearing.

apata, n. Father.

usage: Encompasses the definitions of terbezo, abama, and ébamela. Some writers prefer to reserve this term for males raising their own biological children, a combination that did not exist among the classical Lilitai. It lost currency in favour of abama early on, being mostly used to describe relations among other species, but remained popular on Wanisin where a strong, self-consciously masculine role model was considered admirable. The egrekeloi have also revived the word, as apato.

terbezo, n. Biological father; sperm donor.

apato, n. Father (egrekeloi neologism).

usage: See note at apata.