DCHP-2
klahowya(h) clahowya(h), klahowa, etc. [< Chinook Jargon] Pacific Coast DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
THIS ENTRY MAY CONTAIN OUTDATED INFORMATION, TERMS and EXAMPLES
1 n.
(a salutation) Greetings! How are you?
- 1849 [How are you?--Thla choea.]
- 1862 I was greeted by . . . the principal personages with "clah-how-yah," which is the complimentary term used in the trading jargon.
- 1908 O'er the bay float shrill "cla-how-yas"/Through the dusk. . . .
- 1957 "Kla-how-ya!" he called cheerily, raising one hand in a salutation of friendship.
- 1964 Klahowya! My tribe with wisdom of forefathers, has observed lack of unity in native land. . . .
2 n.
See quote.
- 1956 Old Squaw [is also called] kla-how-ya (Siwash Indian name adopted by whites in British Columbia; it is in imitation of the bird's notes). . . .
- 1849 [How are you?--Thla choea.]