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klatawa ((v.))
[< Chinook Jargon < Nootka tlatw'ā paddling]
Pacific Coast
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:clat(t)awa, klattawa
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
go; travel.
Quotations
1859
The rush for the upper country continues unabated, and the fever seems to have seized upon all conditions of society--miners and traders "clatawa-ing" alike.
1915
"Klatawa!" (Go) he commanded.