Kyesmis

Hopi

Etymology

Borrowed from English Christmas.

Proper noun

Kyesmis

1. Christmas

Derived terms

• Kyesmismuyaw
• kyesmista

 

References

• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 196