pon
- (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forPohnpeian.
Borrowed fromJapanese碰(pon).
pon (pluralpons)
- (mahjong) Acall for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile.
- Synonym:pung
Among English-speaking players of the Japanese variant of mahjong, pon is more commonly used than the Cantonese-derived termpung. 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 atriplet instead.
mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:碰(pung3)
- Mandarin:碰(pèng)
- Japanese:ポン (ja)(pon),碰 (ja)(pon)
- Korean:펑(peong)
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pon
- Alternative spelling of'pon.
pon
- pig
Pon a-ruah yeih-pah.- Place where they killed the pig.
- Richard Loving.Grammatical studies in three languages of Papua New Guinea (1974).
pon (Kana spellingポン)
- small,little,few,young
pon (Kana spellingポン)
- to be small, to be little, to be few, to be young
pon
- inflection ofpondre:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
pon m
- Aclearing; anarea ofland within awood orforestdevoid oftrees.
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013)Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Clipping ofjapon.
pon m (pluralponnen,diminutiveponnetje n)
- nightgown,nightdress
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔŋ/[ˈpɔŋ]
- Rhymes:-ɔŋ
- Hyphenation:pon
pon
- inflection ofpoñer:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
- inflection ofpór:
- third-personsingular/pluralpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
FromFrenchpont(“bridge”).
pon
- bridge
pon
- pound(16avoirdupois ounces)
FromEnglishupon. CompareBelizean Creolepahn.
- IPA(key): /pɒn/
- Hyphenation:pon
pon
- on
Weh yuh dehpon?- What are youon?
- Jamaican Creole usespon only foron as a preposition, so it does not usepon foron as an adjective, adverb, verb or noun.
pon
- Rōmaji transcription ofぽん
- Rōmaji transcription ofポン
pon
- Superseded spelling ofpón.
pon
- Alternative form ofpown(“pawn”)
- IPA(key): /ˈpon/[ˈpõn]
- Rhymes:-on
- Syllabification:pon
pon
- second-personsingularimperative ofponer
FromFrenchpont.
pon (nominative pluralpons)
- bridge
1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
pon
- Alternative form ofpuon
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page47
