kyesmista

Hopi

Etymology

Kyesmis (“Christmas”) +‎ -ta

Verb

kyesmista (plural kyesmistota)

(intransitive) celebrate Christmas
(transitive) receive as a Christmas present

References

Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 196

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