tētis

Etymology
From  (with expressive lengthening: e → ē), from, , probably formed (via child language) by reduplication from 🇨🇬. Cognates include 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 dialectal , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, (vocative), 🇨🇬 (child language), 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) father, dad (with more emotional attachment)
 * 2) mamma un tēti! vēstule būs pavisam īsa — mum and dad! (this) letter will be very short
 * 3)  older man, old man
 * 1)  older man, old man
 * 1)  older man, old man

Usage notes
In most dialects, the term has more emotional overtones than its more neutral synonym.