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chmey

Dictionary entry

chmey • adv • yesterday, late

Lexicon record # 183 | Source reference(s): JE40 JE81
Semantic domain: times and seasons

Sentence examples (3)

  1. Skuye'n 'wech-mey.
    Good evening (sunset).

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

  2. Keech chmey.
    It's getting late.

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

  3. Nue-mee chmey 'o wey-kom' kue me-wah ke-mey'
    She finished very late, the boy went home.

    — Jessie Exline, "The Grey Sea Gull" (CICD2, 1983)