[Lexicog] Happy New Year

[Chaz and Helga Mortensen]

Hi, Wayne,

It is a New Year to you, too.

IN Spanish people say "Feliz An~o Nuevo" ('happy new year') or just 
"Feliz An~o" ('happy year') but the interesting thing about it is that 
it is a legitimate way to greet people even in February if you haven't 
seen them since the first half of December!

In Embera we don't really have a greeting but on the cultural calendar 
we wrote 'the first day of the new year'.

Best wishes to all for 2005,

Chaz

On Jan 1, 2005, at 10:13 AM, Wayne Leman wrote:

> Happy New Year to everyone on the Lexicography List!
>  
> In Cheyenne we say Aa'e emona'e, literally, 'It is a new year.' (I 
> suspect this is borrowed from English.)
>  
> What is said in a language with which you are familiar?
>  
> Wayne Leman
> Cheyenne: http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language
>
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