Re: morning (was: LUNATIC again)

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998 17:34:01 -0800 JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON
<mpearson@...> writes:
>On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, John Fisher wrote:
>
>> Fair comment.  Actually, it's far from clear to me what the English
>word
>> "morning" means.  When does it start?  I guess if you asked people
>when
>> "morning" was, they would mostly say that it ran from when you get
>up
>> till lunch.  But we also say "two o'clock in the morning".  So does
>> "morning" start at midnight?  And when does it end?  If I have lunch
>at
>> 2 pm, does that mean that one o'clock is in the morning for me?
>
>This is one of the questions that I *did* address in Tokana:
>"nalhkat"
>refers to the period from sunrise until noon, while "sahunmet" refers
>to the period from midnight to sunrise.  End of story.  :-)
>
>Matt.
<<"me too" alert>>

I also addressed this question.  Here are all the Rokbeigalmki time-spans
that might be considered "morning" to an English speaker:

argat = the time when the sky begins to become lighter until actual
sunrise. referred to as "`alot hashahhar" in Hebrew.
charzat = sunrise. the time between when the top of the sun appears and
when the bottom of the sun rises above the horizon.
ghalut = the time in which the sun rises to about a 45 degree angle.
rouwit = the time when the sun moves from about a 45 degree angle until
noon.

-Stephen (Steg)

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