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.