sëkëxkuk

Unami

Alternative forms

  • sëkxkuk

Etymology

From sëk- (black, root) +‎ xkuk (snake).

Noun

sëkëxkuk anim (plural sëkëxkukàk)

  1. a black snake (any snake which is black)
  2. the western rat snake, Pantherophis obsoletus

References

  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “sëkëxkuk”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project