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cherwerser' seventh month in old Yurok calendar

chmey yesterday, late

chmeyaan yesterday

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

chmeyonen

chme'y it is evening

chomee'sh noon

chomee'sh 'we-roo noon, midday

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

heechmey the day before yesterday

heekon formerly, once, long ago, in the past

heekonee formerly, once

hegor month

hohkem eleventh or twelfth month in old Yurok calendar

kaamoh twelfth or thirteenth month in old Yurok calendar

kechoy all day

keepuen be winter, winter

keeshen be summer, summer

kelomehl fall, autumn

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

kerrmercher' ninth month in old Yurok calendar

keyoh early fall, early autumn

keyohkemoh early fall, early autumn

knewoleta' eighth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchaawech sixth month in old Yurok calendar

kohchewech first month in old Yurok calendar, one month

koypoh in the morning, early, early morning

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

kyahchenee vernal

loksee'hl it is a year

meroyoo fifth month in old Yurok calendar

nahschewen night

nahschueh last night

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

nohsoo tenth month in old Yurok calendar

pyegaagoh eleventh month in old Yurok calendar

roo be a particular time, time, hour

rootep' it is a particular time

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

weno'omoksee'hl it is a particular season

wohlkechee' it is morning

wook morning, dawn, be morning

wooyhl all night, overnight

'owook tomorrow, the next day

'owookpaa the day after tomorrow

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

Dictionary entry

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

Lexicon record # 186 | Source reference(s): 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.

    Audio 

    — 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 neskwecho'l.
    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 gego'l 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 nepuy 'o ga'm kue meweemor, 'O we'yk'oh cho ko tenpeyo'm 'ohlkuemee 'owook kwelekw kee chpee kohchee ko nepe'm, keekee chmeyonen kesee ko'l 'o nepe'm.
    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 tenpe'y 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'mo'y 'och ko'l ka nepe'm chmeyonen.
    In the evening he heard people eating.

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