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chekwchekwah vertical stripes around a basket

chelog close woven basket for seeds, fancy basket for valuables

haamoh bear grass, used in basket making

hekwch small basket for acorn soup, eating basket, soup basket, serving bowl, bowl

heemercherwek' I weave (baskets) quickly

hohkuem 'ue-perhchekws storage basket for tobacco

holeehl hazel shoot, hazel sticks (used in basket making), hazel

holeemek' I weave (baskets)

holeemew be woven (baskets)

holoyuel' water for soaking basket materials

hooloh basket (general term)

hooloyehl they are twisted, they are woven crooked, they are not straight (badly made baskets in which the uprights are not vertical)

hoorechewek' I weave baskets, I make baskets, I grope, I reach

herkwterks small basket used as drinking cup, plate or dish

ka'mt'em basket for valuables

kechew' cover on a baby basket

kekwon pounding basket (bottomless)

kemew storage basket for tobacco

kewoy burden basket

keyom dipper basket

kerkue'yer' be crooked, zigzag design on baskets

leyolekwsa' zigzag design on baskets, vertical stripe on baskets

mesen' lichen for dyeing yellow, yellow moss, tree moss

mesolehl

mestek lining of leaves in a basket

mestenekw ferns used to line baskets

mestok line something (clothes, baskets, etc.)

mes'ehl a basket for drying things in, drying basket

meychoh storage basket, "similar in shape [to pahtekws], but made altogether of hazel, without overlaying or patterns", measuring basket (for liquids)

mersterk line a basket, lining to make something warmer

mue'reep large basket for cooking acorn soup, cooking pot basket

naanaak' ring of black and white dots around the bottom of a basket

nohpeyuel' raised rim of a basket, raised edge

no'os baby basket

pahtekws storage basket for food, "much larger" than a prhchrkws

pa'aap' ladyfern, woodwardia fern (dyed in alder juice and used in basket making)

pekwolewek' I peel sticks (for baskets)

pekwon basket used for acorn pounding

poychekws a small basket tray for seeds used as food

poykoh flat basket, pan, pot

perhcherkws plain trinket basket, fancy basket

raak nee yey' stem of maidenhair fern (used in baskets)

se'lepek' I scrape the inside of a basket smooth

skeweechokw nicely made basket, basket with good shape

skerweechewek' I weave (baskets) well and smoothly

tegeen' porcupine, porcupine quill, yellow moss for dying basket materials, anything yellow, canary

te'rekws a close-woven conical basket for seed gathering, bride's basket

te'rekws 'ue-son thimble

toomechek' I carry (a heavy basket)

tuemeech carrying basket

t'weyomah basket cap

weno'omek' point at which another rib is added in a basket frame

weyew be woven, be finished (of baskets)

weyewetek' I weave, I finish (baskets)

werypuer' first part of a basket to be woven, beginning of basket

'ahtemar write, draw, make basket designs, marking on baskets, paper, writing, drawing, book, newspaper

'ekah hat, cap

'e'guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket

'lahpsew openwork basket plate for eating salmon, flat basket, plate

'luemon eel trap, eel basket

'oohl 'we-'ekah Indian cap

'ruemeechekws "a nearly spherical basket in openwork, usually neatly made, and serving to hold sinew, awls, spoons, and small odds and ends", basket with handles, picnic basket

'uekoko'ya' up and down design on baskets

'uepuer raised ridge round basket

'wechonep flat sifter basket

'weskuuel strap (on basket or load of wood; traditionally usually made of elk-skin)

'wohpeg spruce root (used in basket making)

'wohpeg 'we-'ekah work cap made of spruce

'werhperyerh basket cap for everyday use, full cap