pon

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#PON PohnpeianCategory:Translingual abbreviations#PON, from PohnpeianCategory:Translingual terms derived from Pohnpeian#PON Pohnpei.

Symbol

ponCategory:Translingual lemmas#PONCategory:Translingual symbols#PONCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#PONCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

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

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from JapaneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Japanese#PONCategory:English terms derived from Japanese#PON 碰 (pon).

Noun

pon (plural pons)Category:English lemmas#PONCategory:English nouns#PONCategory:English countable nouns#PONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. (Japanese mahjongCategory:en:Mahjong#PON) A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile.
    Synonym: pung
Usage notes

Among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong, pon is more commonly used than the Cantonese-derived term pung. Unlike the common English usage of pung, pon is not typically used to refer to a set of three identical tiles, which is usually called a triplet instead.

Coordinate terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Preposition

ponCategory:English lemmas#PONCategory:English prepositions#PONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. Alternative spelling of 'pon.

Etymology 3

Verb

pon (third-person singular simple present pons, present participle ponning, simple past and past participle ponned)Category:English lemmas#PONCategory:English verbs#PONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. (SinglishCategory:Singlish#PON) Clipping of pontengCategory:English clippings#PON

Anagrams

Agarabi

Noun

ponCategory:Agarabi lemmas#PONCategory:Agarabi nouns#PONCategory:Agarabi entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. pig
    Pon a-ruah yeih-pah.
    Place where they killed the pig.
    Category:Agarabi terms with usage examples#PON

References

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

Ainu

Pronunciation

Adjective

pon (Kana spelling ポン)Category:Ainu lemmas#PONCategory:Ainu adjectives#PONCategory:Ainu terms with redundant script codes#PONCategory:Ainu entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. small, little, few, young
    a=oskoni katu pon ruwe ne.
    There was little (fish) available.
    Category:Ainu terms with usage examples#PON

Verb

pon (Kana spelling ポン)Category:Ainu lemmas#PONCategory:Ainu adjectives#PONCategory:Ainu terms with redundant script codes#PONCategory:Ainu entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. to be small, to be little, to be few, to be young

Antonyms

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

ponCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#PONCategory:Catalan verb forms#PONCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

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

Cimbrian

Noun

pon mCategory:Cimbrian lemmas#PONCategory:Cimbrian nouns#PONCategory:Cimbrian entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Cimbrian masculine nouns#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  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 japonCategory:Dutch clippings#PON.

Pronunciation

Noun

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#PONCategory:Dutch nouns#PONCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#PONCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. nightgown, nightdress

Synonyms

Category:nl:Clothing#PON

Galician

Alternative forms

poi, põe (eastern)

Pronunciation

Verb

ponCategory:Galician non-lemma forms#PONCategory:Galician verb forms#PONCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#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

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Haitian Creole terms inherited from French#POCategory:Haitian Creole terms derived from French#PO pont (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ponCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#POCategory:Haitian Creole nouns#POCategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#POCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. bridge

References

  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 152

Indonesian

Etymology

From DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#PONCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#PON pond, from Middle DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Middle Dutch#PON pont, pond, from Old DutchCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Old Dutch#PON punt, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#PON *pundą (“pound, weight”), borrowed from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#PON pondō.

Pronunciation

Noun

ponCategory:Indonesian lemmas#PONCategory:Indonesian nouns#PONCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. (now uncommonCategory:Indonesian terms with uncommon senses#PON or rareCategory:Indonesian terms with rare senses#PON) metric pound (500 grams)

Further reading

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

From EnglishCategory:Jamaican Creole terms derived from English#PON upon. Compare Belizean Creole pahn.

Pronunciation

Preposition

ponCategory:Jamaican Creole lemmas#PONCategory:Jamaican Creole prepositions#PONCategory:Jamaican Creole entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. 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

ponCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#PONCategory:Japanese romanizations#PONCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#PONCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぽんCategory:Japanese romaji without a main entry#pon
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ポン

Lower Sorbian

Adverb

ponCategory:Lower Sorbian lemmas#PONCategory:Lower Sorbian adverbs#PONCategory:Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. superseded spelling of pónCategory:Lower Sorbian superseded forms#PON

Malay

Etymology 1

Adverb

ponCategory:Malay lemmas#PONCategory:Malay adverbs#PONCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. (colloquialCategory:Malay colloquialisms#PON) alternative spelling of pun

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of ponteng (“to skip school”)Category:Malay apocopic forms#PON.[1]

Verb

ponCategory:Malay lemmas#PONCategory:Malay verbs#PONCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. (colloquialCategory:Malay colloquialisms#PON) alternative form of ponteng

References

  1. ↑ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎, volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 30

Middle English

Noun

ponCategory:Middle English lemmas#PONCategory:Middle English nouns#PONCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

Verb

ponCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#PONCategory:Spanish verb forms#PONCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. second-person singular imperative of poner

Further reading

Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#PON

Volapük

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Volapük terms derived from French#PON pont.

Noun

pon (genitive pona, plural pons)Category:Volapük lemmas#PONCategory:Volapük nouns#PONCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. bridge

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “pon”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

Zou

Pronunciation

Noun

ponCategory:Zou lemmas#PONCategory:Zou nouns#PONCategory:Zou entries with incorrect language header#PONCategory:Pages with entries#PONCategory:Pages with 18 entries#PON

  1. alternative form of puon

References

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