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roo be a particular time, time, hour

'owook tomorrow, the next day

chmeyaan yesterday

koypoh in the morning, early, early morning

nahschueh last night

heekon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

chomee'sh noon

nahschewen night

hegor month

kyah rise (sun or moon), spring (season), vernal

chmey' it is evening

chmeyonen

keepuen be winter, winter

loksee'hl it is a year

keeshen be summer, summer

wook morning, dawn, be morning

keyoh early fall, early autumn

weno'ome'hl it is a particular season, season

chmeyoksee'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

wohlkechee' it is morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

chmey yesterday, late

heechmey the day before yesterday

kechoy all day

weno'omoksee'hl it is a particular season

'owookpaa the day after tomorrow

kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

rootep' it is a particular time

choona'awech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

cherwerser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

heekonee formerly, once

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kelomehl fall, autumn

kelomoksee'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn

knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kerrmercher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

kyahchenee vernal

meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

na'awech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

'or' it is the first sliver of the new moon

Dictionary entry

chmeyonen • vn • be evening • n • evening • Variant chmeyoneen

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

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Sentence examples (7)

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

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

  2. Chmeyoneen.
    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 muehlcho' wee'shk'oh neskwechol'.
    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 gegol' so heekoh kue 'ne-psech.
    In the evening my father went across.

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

  5. Kohchew koma choomoyhl kue kee 'we-rohseyek' kue nepuey 'o gam' kue meweemor, 'O we'yk'oh cho ko tenpeyom' 'ohlkuemee 'owook kwelekw kee chpee kohchee ko nepem', keekee chmeyonen kesee kol' 'o nepem'.
    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. Tue' kue 'ne-psech 'eemee nuemee wo tenpey' kue wee'eeet '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'moy' 'och kol' ka nepem' chmeyonen.
    In the evening he heard people eating.

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