I'm currently reading yotsubato and I am a bit confused on what いてー means in
this sentence.

> あ いや ちいさいむすめがいてー。
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Yotsubato! What does いてー mean?
This いてー is just the te-form of いる. It's elongated for some reason; maybe the
speaker is thinking of what to say next, like a filler ("soooo", "ummmm...").

Without more context, it's difficult to determine the role of this te-form. In
general, it should be either a reason marker or a simple continuation marker.
(See: [て form at end of phrase but not being used for
requests](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/60762/5010)) The nuance is
either " _Because_ I have a little daughter" or "I have a little daughter _(,
and...)_ ".
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