Wiktionary

pon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pon"

Translingual edit

Symbol edit

pon

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

English edit

Preposition edit

pon

  1. Alternative spelling of 'pon.

Anagrams edit

Agarabi edit

Noun edit

pon

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

References edit

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

Ainu edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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 edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pon

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

Cimbrian edit

Noun edit

pon m

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

References edit

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

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Clipping of japon.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)

  1. nightgown, nightdress

Synonyms edit

Galician edit

Verb edit

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 edit

Haitian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French pont (“bridge”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pon

  1. bridge

Indonesian edit

Noun edit

pon

  1. pound (16 avoirdupois ounces)

Jamaican Creole edit

Etymology edit

From English upon. Compare Belizean Creole pahn.

Pronunciation edit

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

Preposition edit

pon

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

Usage notes edit

  • 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 edit

Romanization edit

pon

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

Lower Sorbian edit

Adverb edit

pon

  1. Superseded spelling of pón.

Middle English edit

Noun edit

pon

  1. Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

pon

  1. second-person singular imperative of poner

Volapük edit

Etymology edit

From French pont.

Noun edit

pon (nominative plural pons)

  1. bridge

Declension edit

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pon

  1. Alternative form of puon

References edit

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