Ntate

Ntate ke motsadi wa rre yo o godisang ngwana yo eleng wa madi a gagwe. Le fago ntse jalo ka setswana mogolo ke motsadi wa ngwana mongwe le mmongwe go sa kgathelesege gore ke ngwana wa ga semangmang kgotsa jang. Gantsi mo setswaneng ntate o kgona go bitswa papa, mme ka fa di temeng tsa ka fa seeng ntate o kgona go bitswa gotwe dad, daddy, pa, poppa, pople pops. Ntate ke mogolo yo eleng gore thatathata bana ba tsaya malebela mo ene mo dilong tse di tshwanang le boitshwaro, ditiro, mokgwa le maitseo.

 Dikgoge 
Jeffrey., Wilcox, W. Bradford, The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children, (2006)https://web.archive.org/web/20141111085117/https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/fatherhood/chaptertwo.cfm