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chmey yesterday, late

chmey-yaan yesterday

chmey-yok-see'hl

chmey-yo-nen be evening, evening

chmey' it is evening

cho-mee'sh noon

choo-na-'a-wech fourth month in old Yurok calendar, four months

cher-wer-ser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

he-gor month

heech-mey the day before yesterday

hee-kon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

hee-ko-nee formerly, once

hoh-kem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaa-moh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

ke-choy all day

ke-lo-mehl fall, autumn

ke-lo-mok-see'hl it is a period of time (month, season, year?)

key-yoh early fall, early autumn

key-yoh-ke-moh early fall, early autumn

kee-puen be winter, winter

kee-shen be summer, summer

kne-wo-le-ta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

koh-chaa-wech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

koh-che-wech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

koy-poh in the morning, early, early morning

kerr-mer-cher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

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

kyah-che-nee vernal

lok-see'hl it is a year

me-ro-yoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

nahs-che-wen night

nahs-chueh last night

na-'a-wech second month in old Yurok calendar, two months

noh-soo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pye-gaa-goh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

roo be a particular time, time, hour

roo-tep' it is a particular time

we-no-'o-me'hl it is a particular season, season

we-no-'o-mok-see'hl it is a particular season

wohl-ke-chee' it is morning

wook morning, dawn, be morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

'o-wook tomorrow, the next day

'o-wook-paa the day after tomorrow

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

Dictionary entry

chmey-yok-see'hlv imp e-class • it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

Lexicon record # 185 | Source references: R192 YLCB75 YLCB78
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Keech chmey-yok-see'hl.
    It's dusk.

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

  2. Keech chmey-yok-see'hl.
    It's getting late.

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

  3. Tue weesh-tue 'e-mehl ke-ge-so-me-we'hl nee-kee mehl chmey-yok-see'hl.
    That is why he was constantly sorry as it began to be evening.

    — Domingo of Weitchpec, "Wohpekumew's Flute Song" (I3, 1906)