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(Oo’11[ d00 Yook11[ - Day and Night)

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— Oo’11[ d00 Yook11[ – Day and Night —

 
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• J98go (Oo’11[) – Daytime (from sunup till sundown)

hay77[k3 , hayoo[k11[

dawn
Shicheii hay77[k3d33 naagh1.  (My maternal grandfather rises at dawn.)
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ha’77’3

sunrise
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ab7n7 , ahb7n7

morning
Y1’1t’44h ab7n7!  (Good morning!)
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dah adii’3

mid-morning
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k’ad65 a[n4’4’aah

almost noon
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a[n7’n7’3

noon
A[n7’n7’3go 47 j0honaa’47 y1 a[n77’gi yig11[ [eh.  (At noon the sun is in the middle of the sky.)
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a[n7’n7’3 d00 bik’ij8’

mid-afternoon
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h77[ch’8’

before sunset
H77[ch’8’go 47 yah an1’n7lka’.  (Sheep are taken in before sunset.)
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• T[’4e’go (Yoo[k11[) – Nighttime (from sundown till sunup)

ni’hootsoii

dusk
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i’77’3

sunset, evening
I’77’3d33’ 47 Hozdohd66’ n1niikai.  (We came home from Phoenix at sunset.)
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hi[hiij99’

night fall
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k’ad65 t[’44’77[n77’

before midnight
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t[’44’77[n77’

midnight
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t[’44’77[n77’ d00 bik’ij8’

after midnight
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yidiisk3

before dawn, early pre-dawn
Shim1 47 yidiisk3go n7dii’nah d00 binaanish yaa n7diid11h.  (My mother gets up before dawn and begins her work.)
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