Kirihimete
1. (loan) (verb) to have Christmas, spend Christmas.
Tētahi kupu nui ki a ia, nā ngā tāngata o Waimamaku, i tae mai ki te hui; pēnei, me Kirihimete ia ki Waimamaku ā tēnei tau 1909 (TP 8/1909:11). / An important message to him from the people of Waimamaku who came to the meeting, was that he should spend Christmas at Waimamaku this year in 1909.
2. (loan) (noun) Christmas.
Nō te Kirihimete o te tau 1814, ka kauwhau ia i tana kauwhau tuatahi ki a Ngā Puhi i Oihi (TKO 31/8/1919:3). / At Christmas in 1814 he preached his first sermon to Ngā Puhi at Oihi.
