pon

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pon"

Translingual

Symbol

pon

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Pohnpeian.

English

Preposition

pon

  1. Alternative spelling of 'pon.

Anagrams

Agarabi

Noun

pon

  1. pig
    Pon a-ruah yeih-pah.
    Place where they killed the pig.

References

  • Richard Loving. Grammatical studies in three languages of Papua New Guinea (1974).

Ainu

Pronunciation

Adjective

pon (Kana spelling ポン)

  1. small, little,few,young
  1. pon cikuni
    small tree
  1. a=oskoni katu pon ruwe ne.
    There was little (fish) available.
  1. pon hekaci
    young boy

Verb

pon (Kana spelling ポン)

  1. to be small, to be little, to be few, to be young
  1. kewe pon kusu oka.
    Body is very small.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

pon

  1. inflection of pondre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cimbrian

Noun

pon m

  1. A clearing; an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of japon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔn/
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  • Hyphenation: pon
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)

  1. nightgown, nightdress

Synonyms

Galician

Verb

pon

  1. inflection of poñer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of pór:
    1. third-person singular/plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

See also

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pont (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pon

  1. bridge

Indonesian

Noun

pon

  1. pound (16 avoirdupois ounces)

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From English upon. Compare Belizean Creole pahn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɒn/
  • Hyphenation: pon

Preposition

pon

  1. on
    Weh yuh deh pon?
    What are you on?

Usage notes

  • Jamaican Creole uses pon only for on as a preposition, so it does not use pon for on as an adjective, adverb, verb or noun.

Japanese

Romanization

pon

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ポン

Lower Sorbian

Adverb

pon

  1. Superseded spelling of pón.

Middle English

Noun

pon

  1. Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: pon

Verb

pon

  1. second-person singular imperative of poner

Volapük

Etymology

From French pont.

Noun

pon (nominative plural pons)

  1. bridge

Declension

declension of pon
singular plural
nominative pon pons
genitive pona ponas
dative pone pones
accusative poni ponis
vocative 1 o pon! o pons!
predicative 2 ponu ponus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

pon

  1. Alternative form of puon

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 47
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