Yurok dictionary

Dictionary entry

chmeyonen • vn • be evening • n • evening • Variant chmeyonin

Lexicon record # 186 | Source references: R192 JE50 YLCB75
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Derived phrases or compounds

• chmeyonen hoogech "evening star"

• chmeyonen 'o 'we-'i'i'gah "dinner"

Sentence examples (7)

1. Chmeyonin.
   Evening (as in good evening).

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 1: "Hello" (GT3-01, 2003)

2. Chmeyonin.
   Evening.

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   — Georgiana Trull, Yurok Language Conversation Book, chapter 19: "What time is it?" (GT3-19, 2003)

3. Chmeyonen 'o ge's, Nek soo muhlcho' wi'shk'oh neskwecho'l.
   In the evening he thought, I believe that maybe it will come back now.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The Young Man from Serper" (LA16-7, 1951)

4. Chmeyonen 'o gego'l so hikoh ku 'ne-psech.
   In the evening my father went across.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

5. Kohchew koma choomoyhl ku ki 'we-rohseyek' ku nepuy 'o ga'm ku mewimor, 'O we'yk'oh cho ko tenpeyo'm 'ohlkumi 'owook kwelekw ki chpi kohchi ko nepe'm, kiki chmeyonen kesi ko'l 'o nepe'm.
   It was six days before the spearing of the salmon when the old man said, Eat plenty today, because tomorrow you will only eat once; it will be evening before you have anything to eat.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

6. Tu' ku 'ne-psech 'imi numi wo tenpe'y ku wi'iit 'we-chmeyonen.
   But my father did not eat much that evening.

   — Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew" (LA16-8, 1951)

7. 'Ap 'o ko'mo'y 'och ko'l ka nepe'm chmeyonen.
   In the evening he heard people eating.

   — Mary Marshall, Coyote Tries to Kill the Sun (MM4, 1927)