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roo be a particular time, time, hour

'o-wook tomorrow, the next day

chmey-yaan yesterday

koy-poh in the morning, early, early morning

nahs-chueh last night

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

cho-mee'sh noon

nahs-che-wen night

he-gor month

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

chmey' it is evening

chmey-yo-nen

kee-puen be winter, winter

lok-see'hl it is a year

kee-shen be summer, summer

wook morning, dawn, be morning

key-yoh early fall, early autumn

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

chmey-yok-see'hl it is evening, it is dusk, it is late

wohl-ke-chee' it is morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

chmey yesterday, late

heech-mey the day before yesterday

ke-choy all day

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

'o-wook-paa the day after tomorrow

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

roo-tep' it is a particular time

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

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

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-lo-mehl fall, autumn

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

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

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

koh-chaa-wech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

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

kyah-che-nee vernal

me-ro-yoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

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

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

Dictionary entry

chmey-yo-nen • vn • be evening • n • evening • Variant chmey-yo-neen

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

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Sentence examples (7)

  1. Chmey-yo-neen.
    Evening (as in good evening).

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

  2. Chmey-yo-neen.
    Evening.

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

  3. Chmey-yo-nen 'o ge's, Nek soo muehl-cho' wee'shk'oh nes-kwe-chol'.
    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. Chmey-yo-nen 'o ge-gol' so hee-koh kue 'nep-sech.
    In the evening my father went across.

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

  5. Koh-chew ko-ma choo-moyhl kue kee 'we-roh-sey-yek' kue ne-puey 'o gam' kue me-wee-mor, 'O we'yk-'oh cho ko ten-pey-yom' 'ohl-kue-mee 'o-wook kwe-lekw kee chpee koh-chee ko ne-pem', kee-kee chmey-yo-nen ke-see kol' 'o ne-pem'.
    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 'nep-sech 'ee-mee nue-mee wo ten-pey' kue wee-'eeet 'wech-mey-yo-nen.
    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 ne-pem' chmey-yo-nen.
    In the evening he heard people eating.

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