poni
التعريفات والمعاني
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From German Pony, from English pony.
=== Noun ===
poni (genitive poni, partitive poni)
pony
Synonym: ponihobune
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
poni in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From English pony.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈponi/, [ˈpo̞ni]
Rhymes: -oni
Syllabification(key): po‧ni
Hyphenation(key): po‧ni
=== Noun ===
poni
pony
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“poni”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
=== Anagrams ===
opin, pino
== Friulian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
pogni
=== Etymology ===
From Latin ponere.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ni/
=== Verb ===
poni
to put, place
==== Synonyms ====
poiâ, puestâ, logâ, meti
==== Related terms ====
deponi
pondi
puest
pognet
== Hawaiian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpo.ni/
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi (doublet of pō), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi (compare with Javanese wengi), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi.
==== Noun ====
poni
purple (color/colour)
==== See also ====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Polynesian *pani, from Proto-Central Pacific *pani, from Proto-Oceanic *pani (“to apply oil on body”). Cognates include Māori pani (“to smear, to paint”), Tongan pani (“to smear, to daub in oil; to stain; to cover with oil”) and Samoan poni (“dye”).
==== Verb ====
poni
to daub or smear oil
to consecrate, to ordain (of bishops, Christian priests)
to anoint, to crown (in biblical to modern Christian contexts)
to appoint, to inaugurate
=== Derived terms ===
=== References ===
Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “poni”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 340
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch pony, from English pony, from Scots powny, apparently from Middle French poulenet (“little foal”), ultimately from Late Latin pullanus (“young of an animal”), from pullus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈponi]
Hyphenation: po‧ni
=== Noun ===
poni (plural poni-poni)
pony, small horse
(by extension) hairstyle with a fringe/bangs
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“poni”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Italian ==
=== Verb ===
poni
inflection of porre:
second-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Anagrams ===
Ipno, ipno-, pino
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpoː.niː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔː.ni]
=== Verb ===
pōnī
present passive infinitive of pōnō
== Maltese ==
=== Etymology ===
From English pony, perhaps through Italian pony. The pronunciation seems to be spelling-based as it does not quite fit either origin (if from Italian, we should expect /ɔː/, otherwise /ɔw/).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.nɪ/
Rhymes: -ɔnɪ
=== Noun ===
poni m (plural ponijiet or ponis)
pony (horse)
=== See also ===
żiemel
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Noun ===
pȍnī m anim or m inan (Cyrillic spelling по̏нӣ, genitive singular pȍnīja, nominative plural pȍnīji, genitive plural pȍnījā)
(animate) pony
(inanimate) small folding bicycle (mostly of the Pony brand in the former Yugoslavia)
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
póney, pouni
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English pony.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈponi/ [ˈpo.ni]
Rhymes: -oni
Syllabification: po‧ni
=== Noun ===
poni m (plural ponis)
pony
=== Further reading ===
“poni”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English pawn.
=== Noun ===
poni class IX (plural poni class X)
(rare) pledge, security
Synonym: rehani
=== References ===