[Lexicog] "Christmas" in Cheyenne

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From: "R. Rankin" <rankin at ku.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Lexicog] "Christmas" in Cheyenne


> Dave Rood tells me that in Lakota it is "Wo$pipi wo'iyu$kiN" which
translates as
> 'happy pickings' (where $ is <sh> and N is nasalization of the V).  This
> evidently refers to the old habit Wayne describes of hanging the presents
on the
> tree and "picking" them as one would fruit.  I never had the presence of
mind to
> ask speakers of Kaw or Quapaw how they said it.
>
> Bob Rankin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> What are some ways that speakers of languages you have studied have
referred to
> Christmas?
>
> Wayne Leman
> Cheyenne website: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language
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