adjective paternal Vin.iii.16; Vin.iv.223; DN.ii.232; SN.v.146 = Mil.368 (p. gocara); (sake p. visaye ʻyour own home-grounds’) DN.iii.58; SN.v.146; Ja.ii.59; Ja.vi.193 (iṇa). Also in cpd. mātā-pettika maternal & paternal DN.i.34, DN.i.92; Ja.i.146.

fr. pitar, for pētika, cp. Epic Sk. paitṛka & P. petteyya