putep

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Penobscot pótepe (“whale”), Massachusett pótab (“whale”), Mohegan-Pequot potáp (“whale”).

Noun

putep anim (plural putepiyik, diminutive putepehsis)

1. whale (several species)

References

• Francis, David A. with Leavitt, Robert R. and Apt, Margaret (2008) “putep”, in The Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary, The Passamaquoddy Language Preservation Project