adjective · pettika 1 · pettika 2
paternal
a paternal
Pettika (adjective) [from pitar, for petika, cf. Epic Sanskrit paitr̥ka and Pāli petteyya] paternal Vin III 16; IV 223; D II 232; S V 146 = Miln 368 (p. gocara); (sake p. visaye "your own home-grounds") D III 58; S V 146; Ja II 59; VI 193 (iṇa). Also in compound mātā-pettika maternal and paternal D I 34, 92; Ja I 146. {424}
【形】 父親的。
(adj, adj, from pitar) paternal; coming from one's father; belonging to the father paternal [lit.] related to father Construction: pitar > petar + *ika
(adj, adj, from pitar) ancestral; family paternal [lit.] related to father Construction: pitar > petar + *ika