dyonko

Sranan Tongo
FWOTD – 25 October 2023

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Twi Akan tɔ nko (“to fall asleep, to doze”)[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟõŋ.ko/, /d͡ʒõŋ.ko/

Verb

dyonko

  1. to slumber, to doze off, to nod off, to drowse
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:
      a de siddom djonko
      [A de sidon dyonko]
      He is sitting and dozing off.
    • 1952, Paula Velder, transl., “Midzomernachtsdroom [Midsummer Night's Dream]”, in Michiel van Kempen, Een geschiedenis van de Surinaamse literatuur. Deel IV. De geschreven literatuur van 1923 tot 1975 [A history of Surinamese literature. Part IV. Written literature from 1923 to 1975]‎, Paramaribo: Okopipi, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, published 2002, page 96:
      Effi à pré no wakka boen, / Ano meki ie las' ie bro, / Dink dan datti ie bin djonko / En à kon joe leki visjoen
      [Efi a prei no waka bun, / a no meki yu lasi yu bro / denki dan dati yu ben dyonko / èn a kon yu leki fisyun]
      If the play didn't go well, / didn't make you loose your breath, / just think that you were slumbering / and it came to you like a vision
    • 1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela‎, Paramaribo: Bureau Volkslectuur, page 13:
      A swit sewinti / d'e wai a branspen / te doro ini / sranan liba / e mek mi jeje djonko
      [A switi sewinti / d'e wai a Branspen / te doro ini / Srananliba / e meki mi yeye dyonko]
      The pleasant ocean breeze / blowing at Braamspunt / up onto / the Suriname river / makes my soul drowse

Noun

dyonko

  1. (slang) a joint, a marijuana cigarette
    • 2020 April 1, Stuart Rahan, “De corona-avondklok [The corona curfew]”, in De Ware Tijd‎, archived from the original on 6 August 2021:
      A dyonko e pase fu a wan anu go na wan tra anu, fu a wan mofo go na wan tra mofo.
      The joint passes from hand to hand, from mouth to mouth.

Descendants
  • Aukan: dyonko
  • Saramaccan: djönkö
  • → Dutch: jonko

References
  1. G. Huttar (1985) “Sources of Ndjuka African vocabulary”, in New West Indian Guide‎, →ISSN, page 57
  2. Johann Gottlieb Christaller (1875) A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Twi), With a Grammatical Introduction and Appendices on the Geography of the Gold Coast and Other Subjects‎, page 233
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