[Lexicog] Christmas

[William J Poser]

In Carrier the usual term for Christmas is:
(Sizi) whuzdli dzin "The day (Jesus) was born".
An old (Catholic) missionary source also gives a
term for Christmas Eve: 'ulhdzis ts'uwhunih "the night
one stays awake", but I don't think I've ever
heard this used.
--
Bill Poser, Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania
http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wjposer/ billposer at alum.mit.edu


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