mele Kalikimaka

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English merry Christmas.[1] The pronunciation has deviated from the original English pronunciation due to the phonotactics of Hawaiian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈme.le kaˌli.kiˈma.ka/, [ˈmɛ.lɛ kəˌli.tiˈmɐ.kə]

Phrase

mele Kalikimaka

  1. merry Christmas

References
  1. Language Log, Mele Kalikimaka!, by Mark Liberman, published 2010-12-25, accessed 2013-03-12.
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