putep

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Malecite-Passamaquoddy

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Etymology

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

Noun

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putep anim (plural putepiyik, diminutive putepehsis)

  1. whale (several species)

References

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