Meri Kirihimete
1. (loan) (noun) Merry Christmas.
“Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia” (e kī ana te Pākehā) ki ngā iwi me ngā hapū katoa (HKW 12/1898:6). / “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” (as the Pākehā say) to all the tribes and hapū.
Synonyms: Mere Kirihimete