putep
Malecite-Passamaquoddy edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Penobscot pótepe (“whale”), Massachusett pótab (“whale”), Mohegan-Pequot potáp (“whale”).
Noun edit
putep anim (plural putepiyik, diminutive putepehsis)
- whale (several species)
References edit
- Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “putep”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project