pona

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *pona (compare with Māori pona, Rarotongan pona, Tahitian pona). Compare with Malay buku and Tagalog buko (themselves cognate of puʻu) for similar semantic developments within the same family. === Noun === pona node of bamboo or sugarcanes joint of bones, fingers Synonym: puʻu === References === == Kituba == === Verb === pona to choose == Kongo == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *pòon. === Verb === pona to choose == Ladin == === Adverb === pona then; later ==== Synonyms ==== dò; dapò; dapodò == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpona/ [ˈpɔnɐ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *pona (compare with Hawaiian pona, Rarotongan pona, and Tahitian pona). Compare with Malay buku and Tagalog buko (themselves cognate of puku “swelling”) for similar semantic developments within the same family. === Noun === pona node or knot of grass stalks etc joint of a limb (legs, arms) knuckle === Related terms === mona === References === === Etymology 2 === From sense of node/knot in Etymology 1. Sense of 'portable' is semantic extension < 'sachet' < 'tied item' < 'knot of rope' === Noun === pona knot (of a rope) sachet, parcel === Verb === pona to tie or fasten in a knot === Adjective === pona portable, compact === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “pona”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 338 John C. Moorfield (2011), “pona”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-póna. === Pronunciation === === Verb === -pona (infinitive kupona) to heal, to recover to survive ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -ponea Causative: -ponesha Passive: -ponwa Stative: -poneka Nominal derivations: uponaji (“healing, recovery”) === References === Tramutoli, Rosanna (2015), “'Love' Encoding in Swahili: a Semantic Description through a Corpus-Based Analysis”, in Swahili Forum‎[1], volume 22, →ISSN, page 92 of 72-103: == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *pona. === Noun === pona joint (of fingers and limbs) node (of bamboo) knot (of wood) ==== References ==== Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “pona” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy. == Zou == === Noun === pona shirt ==== References ==== Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University