sëkëxkuk
Unami
Alternative forms
- sëkxkuk
Etymology
From sëk- (“black”, root) + xkuk (“snake”).
Noun
sëkëxkuk anim (plural sëkëxkukàk)
- a black snake (any snake which is black)
- 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