"clattawa" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: clattawas [present, singular, third-person], clattawa-ing [participle, present], clattawa-ed [participle, past], clattawa-ed [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinook Jargon tlatoa (“to go”), from Nootka ƛatw̕a (“to paddle away”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|chn|tlatoa|t=to go}} Chinook Jargon tlatoa (“to go”), {{bor|en|nuk|ƛatw̕a|t=to paddle away}} Nootka ƛatw̕a (“to paddle away”) Head templates: {{en-verb|clattawas|clattawa-ing|clattawa-ed}} 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. Tags: obsolete, rare Synonyms: klatawaw, klatawa
    Sense id: en-clattawa-en-verb-3aAYrAEL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1899, Emily Inez Denny, Blazing the Way: Or, True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound and Other Pioneers, page 414",
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          "text": "[…] said we had better clattawa — get out. Some of them talked very fair English ; they asked for a small portion of Hour and a little yeast powder, calling it \"yeast powder.\" They were superior-looking Indians and rodo good ponies […]",
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          "text": "On May 12 the disease was “creating fearful ravages among all the northern tribes,” but the Songhees were on Discovery and had no cases. May 15: “The Indian huts at Esquimalt have been destroyed with fire by the Police, and the occupants directed to clattawa.”",
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