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APPENDIX 
397 
Kinps or Baskets—Continued 
English 
Dipper or cup 
Triangular pourer 
Spoon or ladle 
Rattle 
Workbasket of any shape 
Winter lodge or underground 
house shape 
Nest shape 
Any round basket 
Small round basket 
Smallest round basket 
Shape similar to white man’s 
angler’s basket 
Basketry baby carrier 
Salish Remarks 
Literally, ‘dip  thing;” 
-nzautEn, from za’umen, to dip 
(aan, Literally, thing to drink 
.no’katnn with; from 6’qa, to 
drink 
-nkwetami’n Literally, instrument for 
pouring; from kweli’m, 
to pour 
-Stlaxé/mEn Common term for spoon 
.Stlaxi’/mEn Basketry spoon 
.ski’x trek stlaxé’- 
MEN ! 
{ska okt 
.ski’x tek .nki’k6xeE- 
laten 
-na’i.ksten 
-na’/Eksten 
siistekEne’tmmox 
zumane’tmmox 
.skomoxe’temox 
{ .skapuxe’t=mox 
«skapuxEleqa’in 
-skapuxElagé’qren 
nwa’u.iten 
na’qwenten 
na’qwatren 
ékeza’mtren 
.ski’x tek kwo, i’.ten 
| 
Common term for rattle 
Basketry rattle 
Literally, thing for work- 
ing with; from 4’lxkst, 
to work 
From sii’strkrn, kekule 
house 
From zu’man, bird’s nest 
From skomox, round 
From qapi’x, hazelnut; 
-qa’in is a term some- 
times used for round or 
head-shape articles 
From -gé’qren, diminutive 
of -qa’in 
From cwa’utt, small fish, 
trout 
From 4’kwen, bait; liter- 
ally, thing to put bait in 
Term used for any object 
which held tobacco, also 
ealled skix tek 4xa’na, 
from axa’na, term for 
rawhide saddlebags used 
by women 
Ww 
Worn-down basket with 
broken rim 
Basket with mended bottom 
EARING AND MENDING 
.Sxoixoi.tci’n 
«S.nxoixoitci’n 
-s.nla/ux.p 
From 18/uxEm, to patch 
PROPORTIONS AND SHAPES 
Basket with a large bottom {puter 
Basket with a narrow bottom 
-ntl.i.qap 
-ntegxi’x.p 
Basket with a small bottom {oon D 
-s.ntsuxhwa’p 
Seems to mean wide bot- 
tom. 
A diminutive form. 
From .stsii’x pointed 
Meaning drawn in at one 
end, because the basket 
approaches a point at 
the base, used for unusu- 
ally small bottoms. 
' skux is often added to phrases or words to indicate that coiled basketry is meant, as .skiixtek 
ékeza’mtEm; literally, tobacco receptacle of coiled basketry. 
