chʾghaattcn abasket sifting tray, sifting basket, small basket traysmall (ca. 9-12 inches diameter) coiled basket tray for "sifting", separating finely ground flour/meal from more coarsely ground parts that need more grinding; "sifting basket (for acorn, pinole meal)" (Loeb, p.43)
The process of shake-sifting acorn meal to separate off the coarser particles, using this basket at the ch'ghaattc, for regrinding is described in Chesnut (1902, p.336)
"Chʾghaah ohtlʾoo, chʾghaattc ohtlʾoo," tcʾin yaaʾnii."You all twine parching trays and twine sifting baskets," he said, they say.GT07 25.10genkʾaiʾ2basketmake(s)..tlʾoo/tlʾoon 2twine O6.6.4.2.1Baskets
der. ofchʾghaahbasket parching tray-tcdiminutive suffixk'iwa:t "large rough-woven basketry pan, winnowing tray (approximately 2 feet across and 4 to 6 inches deep); any large pan"ʾiɣáx "a small sifting-basket"; ʾiɣáˑd(i) "a pan basket"ch'ighaahtsi: Chug-gah' tse' 'Meal tray (large)' [SS-M]Source forms: chg͡hachtcʼ gatsṯc̱ī gats, tcì gátstc gătscgac

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