wattin

Northern Ohlone

Verb

wattin

1. to go, to leave
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:

     manni wattinekne em-kaanaimin?

     Where did your daughter go?

2. (with following andative verb) to go away and do something, to excuse oneself to do something
   • 1921, María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington, Chochenyo Field Notes:

     wattišek tunnena ek-inniš.

     I am going off to bury my son.

References

María de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)‎^[1], Unpublished