noun animate
whale (various species)
Plural:
putepiyik
Diminutive:
putepehsis

Keywords

whale

Example Sentences

Peskotomuhkati-Wolastoqey English
Knomiya not putep? Did you see that whale?
Notuhsuwok toke putepihik. Whales are scarce now.
'Tolintuwatomon motewolonuwintuwakon, wihqintuwama putepiyi. 'Peciman putepehsisol nutahcil, 'petoqotahan eyilit Koluskapiyil. He sings his song of power, drawing the whales to him with his singing. He attracts a little whale who hears him; he swims up underwater to where Koluskap is standing. (LM)

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