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clattawas

clattawas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clattawa.

Meaning of clattawa

Verb

clattawa (third-person singular simple present clattawas, present participle clattawa-ing, simple past and past participle clattawa-ed)

  1. (obsolete, rare, west coast North America: British Columbia to Oregon) 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

Questions about clattawas

What is clattawas the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clattawas is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clattawa.

Words near clattawas in the dictionary

  1. Clatsop County
  2. Clatsops
  3. clattawa
  4. clattawa-ed
  5. clattawa-ing
  6. clattawas
  7. clatted
  8. Clattenburg
  9. clatter
  10. Clatterbuck
  11. Clatterbucks

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