1. -ép ~ -əp ‘base, bottom’
| tqép | ‘tidal pound’ (< tә́q ‘be closed off’) |
| yә́qʷəp | ‘fell a tree by burning’ (< yә́qʷ ‘burn’) |
| sqʷéq̓əp | ‘shuttlecock cod lure’ (< ?) |
2. -ép ~ -əp ‘hair’?
| sq̓t̕ᶿép (CC), sq̓ә́t̕ᶿəp (JP) | ‘hair knot on top of head’ (< ?) |
| skʷә́ysəp | ‘hair knot at back’ (< ?) |
3. -ә́psəm ~ -əpsém- ‘neck, nape’
| tә́psəm | ‘nape’ (< tə- dummy root?) |
| ƛ̓əqtә́psəm | ‘long-necked’ (< ƛ̓éqt ‘long’) |
| təməłә́psəm | ‘pileated woodpecker’ (< tә́məł ‘red ochre’) |
| ləkʷә́psəm | ‘break one’s neck’ (< lә́kʷ ‘get broken’) |
| ƛ̓əkʷəpsémt | ‘grab him by the neck’ (cf. ƛ̓kʷát ‘grab it’) |
4. -mət ‘appearance’?
| ʔəy̓ә́y̓mət (JP), ʔiʔә́y̓mət (AG) | ‘pretty’ (< ʔә́y̓ ‘good’) |
| qəlqә́mət | ‘ugly’ (< qә́l ‘bad’) |
| ʔəy̓ámət | ‘easy, easy-going, cheap’ (JP) (< ʔә́y̓ ‘good’ + ?) |
5. -mat ‘kind, piece, part’
| qә́x̌mat | ‘many kinds’ (< qә́x̌ ‘many’) |
| łә́xʷmat | ‘three pieces’ (< łíxʷ ‘three’) |
| θímat | ‘greater part’ (< θí ‘big’) |
6. -mən ~ -ә́mən ~ -əmən̓ ~ -mín ‘instrument’
| k̓ʷqʷә́mən | ‘axe’ (cf. k̓ʷáqʷət ‘hit it, as with a club’) |
| łә́t̕əmən̓ | ‘herring rake’ (< łә́t̕əm ‘rake herring’, cf. łt̕et ‘flick it’) |
| kʷəcmín | ‘deer-hoof rattle’ (cf. kʷécəm ‘scream’) |
7. -mən ~ -mín ~ -mí·n ‘location, position’
| yəwén̓mən | ‘area in front of house’ (< yəw̓én̓ ‘before, first’) |
| ʔəncémən | ‘all parts of the body’ (< ʔә́nəcə ‘where’) |
| təsmín | ‘next younger sibling’ (< tә́s ‘arrive there’) |
| sənƛ̓eʔmí·n | ‘next older sibling’ (< sә́nƛ̓eʔ ‘senior sibling/cousin’) |
8. -mən ~ -ém̓ən ~ -mín ‘residue’
| t̕ᶿә́m̓mən | ‘small bones left over after a meal’ (< st̕ᶿám̓ ‘bone’) |
| t̕ᶿəx̌mín | ‘junk, worthless stuff’ (< t̕ᶿә́x̌ ‘get used up’, cf. t̕ᶿéx̌ ‘sell cheap, pawn’) |
9. -ém̓ən ‘extracted liquid’ (cf. no. 7)
| k̓ʷa·nt̕ém̓ən | ‘porpoise oil’ (< k̓ʷá·nt̕ ‘porpoise’) |
| sq̓ʷi·l̕məxʷém̓ən | ‘blackberry juice’ (< sq̓ʷí·l̕məxʷ ‘blackberries’) |
| ckʷimém̓ən | ‘red liquid’ (< ckʷím ‘red’) |
10. -əmət̕ᶿ ~ -émət̕ᶿ ‘long object’
| sk̓ʷínəmət̕ᶿ | ‘how many (poles, etc.)?’ (< k̓ʷín ‘how many?’) |
| nəc̓émət̕ᶿ | ‘one (long object)’ (< nә́c̓aʔ ‘one’) |
| ƛ̓əqtémət̕ᶿ | ‘tall (person)’ (< ƛ̓éqt ‘long’) |
11. -məx ~ -áməx ~ -ám̓əx ‘country, person’ (cf. no. 10)
| łéq̓əməx | ‘flats, flat country (as the Fraser delta)’ (cf. łq̓ét ‘wide’) |
| stáməx | ‘warrior’ (dummy root t- ?) |
| qә́ləməx | ‘Bud, Pal’ (cf. qéqələ ‘baby’, also Shuswap qəlmuxʷ ‘person’ Kuipers 1974:236) |
| sqx̌ʷám̓əx (also recorded sqʷx̌ʷám̓əx) | ‘Squamish’ (people and country up Howe Sound) (< ?) |
12. -məxʷ ~ -éməxʷ ~ -əlməxʷ ~ əwməxʷ ~ -aw̓məxʷ ‘place, people, cluster’ (?)
| tә́məxʷ | ‘earth, land, soil’ (< t- dummy root?) |
| xʷә́lməxʷ | ‘village, Indigenous Person |
| šxʷłël̕éməxʷ | ‘sea hunter-fisher’ (šxʷ- ‘obl. nom.’, cf. łé·l ‘go shoreward’) |
| sq̓ʷí·l̕məxʷ | ‘blackberries’ (//s-q̓ʷә́l-əlməxʷ//, < q̓ʷә́l ‘be cooked, ripe’) |
| ʔəw̓k̓ʷә́lməxʷ | ‘all different kinds of First Nations People (< ʔә́w̓k̓ʷ ‘be used up’) |
| nəc̓ә́wməxʷ | ‘one people (“tribe”)’ (< nә́c̓aʔ ‘one’) |
| nəc̓ә́wməxʷ | ‘different people’ (< néc̓ ‘different’, the root is different from the last, but the derivatives are homophonous) |
| skʷxә́wməxʷ | ‘name of a country’ (< skʷíx ‘name’) |
| qx̌áw̓məxʷ | ‘many different kinds of people’ (< qә́x̌ ‘many’) |
13. -ә́lməxʷ ‘breast, milk, spring (of water)’
| θiθә́lməxʷ | ‘big-breasted’ |
| qətә́lməxʷəm | ‘bind one’s breasts’ (cf. qítət ‘bind it’) |
| p̓t̕ᶿә́lməxʷ | ‘milk a cow’ (cf. p̓ә́t̕ᶿət ‘wring it out’) |
| musməsә́lməxʷ | ‘cow’s milk’ (< músməs ‘cow’) |
| snəsә́lməxʷ | ‘butter’ (< snás ‘fat, oil’) |
| sqim̓ək̓ʷә́lməxʷ | p.n. ‘Devilfish Spring’ |
14. -amaʔ ‘body’
| θəhámaʔ | ‘big-bodied’ |
| k̓ʷàm̓k̓ʷəm̓ámaʔ | ‘strong-bodied’ |
15. -í·maʔ ? (perhaps //-əl-əmaʔ//, a connective -əl- with 6.12. -amaʔ ‘body’)
| ʔә́y̓í·maʔ | ‘clean (person, house)’ (< ʔә́y̓ ‘good’) |
| qɨlí·maʔ | ‘dirty (person, house)’ (< qә́l ‘bad’) |