hupèxkw

Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *o·xhwe·wa (“worm, maggot”).

hupèxkw anim (plural hupèxkok)

1. worm (earthworm or similar vermicular creature)

• (uncertain) pèhpukchilëwès (“large, green caterpillar”)

• xkukche (“he has intestinal worms”); xkukchakàn (“intestinal worm”)
• mishhwe (“ringworm”)

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