bonyo

Sranan Tongo

bonyo

Etymology

From English bone. The ending -yo may have been added to avoid confusion with bon (“tree”)

Noun

bonyo

1. bone

Derived terms

• bakabonyo (“backbone”)
• bonyogron (“cemetery”)
• dedebonyo (“skeleton”)
• gogobonyo (“coccyx”)

 

Descendants

• Saramaccan: bónu

References

• bonyo in Languages of Suriname, SIL International, 2003-2007, Sranan-English Dictionary