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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

nahschuh last night

hikon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

chomi'sh noon

nahschewen night

hegor month

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

chme'y

chmeyonen be evening, evening

kipun be winter, winter

loksi'hl it is a year

kishen be summer, summer

wook morning, dawn, be morning

keyoh early fall, early autumn

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

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

wohlkechi' it is morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

chmey yesterday, late

hichmey the day before yesterday

kechoy all day

weno'omoksi'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

chrwrsr' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

hikoni formerly, once

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kelomehl fall, autumn

kelomoksi'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

krrmrchr' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

kyahcheni 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

'o'r it is the first sliver of the new moon

Dictionary entry

chme'y • v imp e-class • it is evening

Lexicon record # 189 | Source reference: R192
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Sentence examples (8)

  1. Mo kich chme'y, mo kich 'o chepore'hl.
    When it's evening it gets cold outside.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  2. Nek kwelekw nimi komchumek' kwen ko'l ki nepek'. 'Eni cho ni kich chme'y.
    I don't know when I'm going to eat. Maybe in the evening.

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    — Jimmie James, Sentences (LC-01-1) (LC-01-1, 2007)

  3. Koypoh 'emsi ki 'o chme'y 'o nrrgr's.
    In the morning and evening he gathered sweathouse wood.

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

  4. Kich chme'y lekwsish 'o sooto'l ku mewimor, hinoy 'o 'orogo' ku 'ne-psech.
    In the evening the old man went out, and my father followed him.

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

  5. Kit 'o chme'y 'o nrrgr's.
    As evening fell he gathered sweathouse wood.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  6. Niki ho chme'y.
    Then it was evening.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  7. Niki k'i kwen ho chme'y noohl hohkumoh.
    We went on working right until nightfall.

    — Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language (YL, 1951)

  8. Hlenutu' chme'y noohl 'oohlke's 'o 'r'grrch.
    He lay in the sweathouse until finally it was evening.

    — Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane (MM3, 1927)