ahpikw

Unami

Etymology

Cognate with Munsee ăpíikw. From the same root as *papikwa, which is probably derived using initial reduplication, whereas this term either doesn't use reduplication or has lost the reduplication.

Noun

ahpikw anim (plural ahpikòk)

  1. flea

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