398 COILED BASKETRY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA [ETH. ANN. 41 
PROPORTIONS AND SHAPES—Continued 
English | Salish Remarks 
| nkai. qa’ 'p LaDy . 
Basket with a circular bottom [- .skai.qa’p Pou ae eo ee 
Il: nkaieqap cular in outline 
snzaxha’ p 
Basket with a long bottom [: nza’x.p |rom za’xt, long 
nza/xEp 
Very perfect watch-spring .nkaikaieq.poé From kaié’k, round 
bottom 
. PE oc .nkaie’q.p tek “DZAXEp The second term is used 
Blongated watch-spring bot- , nkaieq.p tekts .nza’- particularly if the bot- 
|| ZExop tom is nearly round 
Angular basket with sharp {- -skokwoani 
corners nk,auani 
Basket with angular mouth {.skaukautei’n a .skwo6u, .skwau, bent 
or sharp corners \.skyaukyautein or leaning over 
LA 
Rounded basket occa Lrom .szi’l, in a cirele 
Basket with rim lower along |/{.slas.tei/n | c 
the sides than at the ends {: slosstei’/n Prom -slé’.s, sagging, low 
Basket of usual proportions | .shi ka’us Meanie half full 
except half height 
Square-mouthed basket «SXENEX tci/n 
Large-mouthed basket sn.axazumtci/n From azii’/m, axazu’m, big 
Small-mouthed basket snkyumatci’ teen From kwomé’/ma, small; 
-tcitrn is the diminutive 
of -tcin 
Basket with widely flaring (eee aa From 1é’qrt, wide; or 
mouth |\.s.nlé.qtei’n wstik, squatty (?) 
Basket with little flare -smistein 
Narrow mouth -ntérxtci’tern From texi’/xat, narrow, 
thin sidewise 
Wide mouth snléqettci’n, laqet- | From té’qrt, wide 
tein 
Long mouth -nza/xtcEn 
PRINCIPAL PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES OCCURRING IN BASKETRY 
TERMS 
PREFIXES 
.s-, when prefixed to a verb, transforms it to a noun. 
s-, seems often to imply a finished or completed condition. 
-n-, inessive. 
Reduplication is a sign of the frequentative or of repetition of some kind; also it 
is a sign of the plural or distributive. Certain kinds of reduplication are used as 
diminutives. 
SUFFIXES 
-tcin, -tcrn, mouth, edge, rim, shore. 
-tcinten, thing at mouth. 
-a/ni, ear, corner, angle or prominence between. 
-Ap, -€p, Ep, -.p, bottom, foundation. 
-x'wop, foundation, root, spread out, far-reaching. 
-i/ken, back, ridge. 
-dist, -est, -ist, -Est, surface, skin. 
-ei’.st, stone. 
-a’kst, -i’/kst, -ekst, -kst, hand, arm, finger. 
