#meri kirihimete! merry christmas!

[wilhelmsbee]

MERI KIRIHIMETE‼️

#ellieeditposting #young royals #young royals edit #wilmon #wilmon edit #young royals season 2 #young royals s2 #young royals s1 #Christmas mention #Christmas edit #meri kirihimete #it means merry Christmas in Te Reo Māori

[hxans]

Meri kirihimete e hoa

#hxans rl #meri kirihimete #merry christmas

[tracybirds]

Not to out myself as someone who uses reddit, but I saw this on reddit and lmaooooo Jeff much?

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#fascinated by the fact that this person is using NZ christmas cards (meri kirihimete is the reo māori transliteration of merry christmas) #but wrote favourite using US English #the conclusion: USAmerican who bought their cards in NZ so must live close by.... maybe on a private island near the Kermadecs 🤔🤔

[ohmysatan42]

A kind of late (or early if you are in a different time zone) happy holidays regardless of what you are celebrating (or if you are celebrating anything at all). May you spend time with your family or time with yourself or survive the seasonal depression this year.

#merry christmas i guess #happy holidays #meri kirihimete

[nikfiendluvr666]

Christmas was yesterday here in Aotearoa, but I still wanted to wish those who celebrate a happy holidays and Meri Kirihimete <3

#merry christmas #happy holidays #merry chrismas 2022 #meri kirihimete

[onefleshonepod]

🖋 some linguistics infodumping about the name kiriona!

(copied from twitter)

"kiriona" is the māori version of "gideon" in the te reo māori translation of the bible, and is the name john gives gideon.

i am not a te reo speaker but i love phonology and this is my best stab at analysis!

te reo māori has ten consonants, way fewer than most languages (canadian english has 24!) and a strict syllable structure of CV (most of the time), meaning each syllable must start with a consonant and end with a vowel.

when transforming words from other languages into te reo, the te reo consonants with the closest place of articulation in the mouth are used to replace the foreign sounds, and vowels are added to complete the syllables.

for example, "merry christmas" becomes meri kirihimete.

matching the sounds of "gideon" – IPA transcription of the english pronunciation is /ɡɪdɪən/ – to the closest te reo consonants & vowels, we get: /kiɾiona/ or /kiɾiɔnɐ/

🗝 voiced velar stop /ɡ/ → voiceless velar stop /k/

🗝 near-close near-front unrounded /ɪ/→ close front unrounded /i/ (as in "meme")

🗝 voiced alveolar stop /d/ → alveolar flap /ɾ/

🗝 dipthong /ɪə/ with central mid unrounded schwa (the vowel in canadian english in almost every unstressed syllable) → /i/ and /o/ with mid back rounded o (as in "bone"), or mid back rounded ɔ (as in british accent "not"). "io" is not a diphthong here; thank you to @SageAnastasi on twitter for pointing this out!

🗝 /n/ with no vowel → /na/ with open front/central unrounded /a/ (similar to "bat" in canadian english) or open central unrounded /ɐ/ (not in canadian english but it's close to the vowel in "cuff")

according to google translate, "kiriona" also means lion! update, no it does not! see replies for more info!

te reo pronunciation is not monolithic and again i am not a linguist or te reo speaker so i would love any comments from more knowledgeable people 🖤

#i also have to wonder what tamsyn is doing with #the themes of anti-imperialism and john being māori and giving gideon a māori name… #theres something there but i can't figure it out #ntnspoilers #ntn spoilers #nona the ninth #nona the ninth spoilers #gideon nav #ours

[new-berry]

Meri Kirihimete / Merry Christmas

Blessed Yule

Or, happy 25th December

Or, I see and validate your need to bite your lip and drink wine.

#I personally will be day drinking

[noriseyebrow]

Thank you for all who reblogged my Cats Holiday gifs. And thank you to @falasta for your kindess, and your encouragement. As it is now Christmas Day here in New Zealand, Meri Kirihimete and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you all. I hope you have a great day with much love and happiness. That brings my cat holiday gifs to the end (though I kind of have a few things to experiment with )

#beardy speaks #happy holidays to you all

[heystephen]

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia which is Merry Christmas and happy new year in Te Reo Maori

aaah merry christmas and happy new year to you as well! 💜

#i got mail* #anonymous

[theshelbyslimited]

Meri Kirihimete (Merry Christmas) to all who celebrate and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate any other sort of holidays during this time of year ❤️✨️

[pulchritudinous-paradoxical]

Merry Christmas.

Meri Kirihimete whānau

Merry Chrysler.

Happy Holidays

However you're spending this festive period, I hope it's full of love, happiness and good memories.

Love Amy & Emma.

#lgbtq #wlw #Christmas #new zealand #NZ #lgbt

[taylorswiftstylequestions]

Meri Kirihimete hari Tau Hou is Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Te Reo Maori

Aw thank you so much! A very merry Christmas and happy New Year to you too!

[anamericangirl]

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia! (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)

Nga mihi ki a koe! (I hope this is correct I know nothing about Māori but now I really want to learn!)

#anon #answered

[notesonartistry]

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia! (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!)

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia! Ka nui te mihi!

#maori anon #love this #thank you!

[onlydeadcells]

Meri Kirihimete (Merry Christmas) to all who celebrate and Happy Holidays to those who celebrate any other sort of holidays during this time of year ❤️✨️

#c's rambles.

[ohmywhatamarvoloustune]

Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

#christmas