# pon
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Pohnpeian terms

## English
### Preposition

pon
* Alternative spelling of 'pon.

### Anagrams

* NOP, NPO, Nop, ONP, OPN, nop

## Agarabi
### Noun

pon
* 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

* IPA: /pon/

### Adjective

pon (Kana spelling ポン)
* small, little,few,young
    pon cikunismall tree
    a=oskoni katu pon ruwe ne.There was little (fish) available.
    pon hekaciyoung boy

### Verb

pon (Kana spelling ポン)
* to be small, to be little, to be few, to be young
    kewe pon kusu oka.Body is very small.

#### Antonyms

* poro

#### Derived terms

* ponno (“few”)

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔn]

### Verb

pon
* inflection of pondre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Cimbrian
### Noun

pon m
* 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: /pɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: pon
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Noun

pon m (plural ponnen, diminutive ponnetje n)
* nightgown, nightdress

#### Synonyms

* nachtpon, nachtjapon

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔŋ/ [ˈpɔŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɔŋ

### Verb

pon
* inflection of poñer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of pór:
** third-person singular/plural present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### See also

* poñen

### References

* “pór”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French pont (“bridge”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔ̃/

### Noun

pon
* bridge

## Indonesian
### Noun

pon
* pound (16 avoirdupois ounces)

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

From English upon. Compare Belizean Creole pahn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɒn/
* Hyphenation: pon

### Preposition

pon
* 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
* Rōmaji transcription of ぽん
* Rōmaji transcription of ポン

## Lower Sorbian
### Adverb

pon
* Superseded spelling of pón.

## Middle English
### Noun

pon
* Alternative form of pown (“pawn”)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpon/ [ˈpõn]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: pon

### Verb

pon
* second-person singular imperative of poner

### Further reading

* “pon” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010

## Volapük
### Etymology

From French pont.

### Noun

pon (nominative plural pons)
* bridge

#### Declension

* $^1$ status as a case is disputed
* $^2$ in later, non-classical Volapük only

## Zou
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pon˧/

### Noun

pon
* Alternative form of puon

#### References

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