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