DCHP-3

klatawa ((n.))

[< v.]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Spelling variants:
clat(t)awa, klattawa

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a journey.

Quotations

1927
". . . It will be a hyas klattawa [long journey] but we can travel light an' take our time."
1963
. . . to "go klatawa" is to go visiting at some special place--perhaps one of the rancheries--and they [Chilcotin] like to travel straight through, not even stopping for camp unless forced to.