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chmey-yo-nen

Dictionary entry

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

Lexicon record # 186 | Source reference(s): 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-cho'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. Chmey-yo-nen 'o ge-go'l 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-puy 'o ga'm kue me-wee-mor, 'O we'yk-'oh cho ko ten-pey-yo'm 'ohl-kue-mee 'o-wook kwe-lekw kee chpee koh-chee ko ne-pe'm, kee-kee chmey-yo-nen ke-see ko'l 'o ne-pe'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 'nep-sech 'ee-mee nue-mee wo ten-pe'y 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'-mo'y 'och ko'l ka ne-pe'm chmey-yo-nen.
    In the evening he heard people eating.

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