clattawa
clattawa verb: to go; depart, leave.
Verb
clattawa (third-person singular simple present clattawas, present participle clattawa-ing, simple past and past participle clattawa-ed)
- To go; depart, leave.
- From the above, our friends in the States will readily see that we are not only blessed with a rich soil, and superior mineral wealth, but a climate infinitely superior to that of their present abode. Pack up, therefore, ye frozen tillicums and clatawau over to Oregon.1850, Working Farmer, vol. 1-4, page 175
- The Chilcootens told him that he had better clattawa and gave him a knife, to defend himself in case he came across any white men.1864, Edwin Mosely, “A Survivor's Account”, in the Daily Chronicle
Examples of clattawa in a sentence
- And don’t forget that Meriar has her hair banged and is ready to clattawa with you.1880 December 3, Albany Register, page 3, column 3:
- The midday echoes reply drowsily, the solitary horseman curses and “clattawa’s” up the road as though suddenly impressed with the idea that somebody is hooking his dinner over the hill[...]1887, John Harrison Mills, chapter 10, in Chronicles of the Twenty-first Regiment New York State Volunteers, page 204:
- […] said we had better clattawa — get out.1909, Congressional Series of United States Public Documents, Volume 3469:
- May 15: “The Indian huts at Esquimalt have been destroyed with fire by the Police, and the occupants directed to clattawa.”a. 1968, BC Studies, University of British Columbia Press:
Forms of clattawa
| third-person singular present | clattawas |
|---|---|
| present participle | clattawa-ing |
| past participle | clattawa-ed |
| past | clattawa-ed |
| alternative form | klatawaw |
| alternative form | klatawa |
Origin of clattawa
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon tlatoa (“to go”), from Nootka ƛatw̕a (“to paddle away”).
Questions about clattawa
- What does clattawa mean?
- Clattawa means to go; depart, leave.
- How do you use clattawa in a sentence?
- And don’t forget that Meriar has her hair banged and is ready to clattawa with you.
- What part of speech is clattawa?
- Clattawa is a verb.
- What is the past tense of clattawa?
- The past tense of clattawa is clattawa-ed.
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