djarason

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish día ("day") and Dutch rantsoen ("ration").

Wednesday was the day of the ration. On Wednesdays the slaves on the estates used to get their weekly rations.

Noun

djarason

  1. Wednesday

See also

Days of the week: djaluna (“Monday”), djamars (“Tuesday”), djarason (“Wednesday”), djaweps (“Thursday”), djabièrnè (“Friday”), djasabra (“Saturday”), djadumingu (“Sunday”).

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