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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 be evening, evening
chme'y
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
chme'y • v imp e-class • it is evening
Lexicon record # 189 | Source reference(s):
R192
Semantic
domain: times and seasons
Sentence examples
(8)
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Mo keech chme'y, mo keech '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)
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Nek kwelekw neemee komchuemek' kwen ko'l kee nepek'. 'Enee cho nee keech 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)
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Koypoh 'emsee kee 'o chme'y 'o nerrger's.
In the morning and evening he gathered sweathouse wood.
— Florence Shaughnessy, "The First Salmon Rite at Wehlkwew"
(LA16-8,
1951)
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Keech chme'y lekwseesh 'o sooto'l kue meweemor, heenoy 'o 'orogo' kue '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)
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Keet 'o chme'y 'o nerrger's.
As evening fell he gathered sweathouse wood.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Neekee ho chme'y.
Then it was evening.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Neekee k'ee kwen ho chme'y noohl hohkuemoh.
We went on working right until nightfall.
— Various speakers, Sentences in R. H. Robins's Yurok Language
(YL,
1951)
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Hlenuetue' chme'y noohl 'oohlke's 'o 'er'gerrch.
He lay in the sweathouse until finally it was evening.
— Mary Marshall, Coyote and Crane
(MM3,
1927)
