clattawa

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinook Jargon tlatoa (“to go”), from Nootka ƛatw̕a (“to paddle away”).

clattawa means to go; depart, leave. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

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.”