dyonko

• djonko (superseded)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɟõŋ.ko/, /d͡ʒõŋ.ko/

dyonko

1. to slumber, to doze off, to nod off, to drowse
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[3], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     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]‎^[4], 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 lose your breath, / just think that you were slumbering / and it came to you like a vision

   • 1962, Johanna Schouten-Elsenhout, “winti [Wind]”, in soela‎^[5], 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

dyonko

1. (slang) a joint, a marijuana cigarette
   • 2020 April 1, Stuart Rahan, “De corona-avondklok [The corona curfew]”, in De Ware Tijd‎^[6], 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.

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