Meaning
To sleep — plus some Patois turns. 'Sleep tek mi' means sleep overcame me; 'mi cyaa sleep' is I can't sleep. It figures in the proverb 'sleep nuh hav nuh massa' (sleep answers to no one) and in the caution to let a sleeping danger lie ('wen dawg a sleep, nuh wake him').
Examples
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Di baby sleep sound all night.
The baby slept soundly all night.
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Sleep tek mi before di show done.
Sleep overcame me before the show ended.
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Sleep nuh hav nuh massa.
Sleep answers to no one.
Origin
From 'sleep'; figures in Jamaican proverbs about its power and about letting sleeping danger lie.
How it’s used
To sleep; 'sleep tek mi' = I fell asleep. See proverbs Sleep nuh hav nuh massa, Wen dawg a sleep, nuh wake him.