How do you say Merry Christmas in the Hidatsa language?

Answer 1

Wli Nuelewi aq & Pusu'l Puna'ne " = Merry Christmas & Happy New Year in Mi'kmaq.

Pusu'l Puna'ne is pronounced, roughly, Bu-ZU Bu-NA-neh (stress on the capitalised syllables) - the story I was told is that the Mi'kmaq were confused when the French settlers one day for no apparent reason started going around saying 'Bonne année' to one another, and the Mi'kmaq asked "Pusu'l puna'ne?" = "What's with this Bonne année thing?" The phrase then became their traditional greeting for New Years.

Answer 2

The Hidatsa language has máarawaabixubáa'ihdía for "Christmas". Merry, in the sense of "jolly" is kaágsha in Hidatsa.

So you might use máarawaabixubáa'ihdía kaágsha (if you can pronounce it). There are only a very few native speakers of the Hidatsa language remaining today.

Answer 3

Iotshennónnia ki Ratonniá:ne!

Billy Myers

Answer 4

Wanikiya tompi wowiyuskin na Omaka teca oiyokipi

Answer 5

Yá'át'ééh Keshmish!

[Yah-ah-tay kesh-mish]

Or just "Happy Keshmish!"

Answer 6

Shexcycle (shih zykle) colazarki (colæzärki)

Answer 7

You say Niibaa' anami'egiizhigad, aabita biboon

Answer 8

Ya'at'eeh Keshmish