Hawaiian

Noun

pono

1. morality, goodness, excellence
2. correct procedure, true nature, rights, duty
3. prosperity, well-being
4. property, supplies
5. use, purpose

Verb

pono

1. (stative) good, moral, proper
2. (stative) beneficial
3. (stative) should, must, necessary

Particle

pono

1. (preceding a word or term) careless, any old way

   Mai pono helu ʻoe, e helu pono!

   Don't count carelessly, count properly!

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *posnō. Equivalent to po- +‎ sinō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.noː/

Verb

pōnō ‎(present infinitive pōnere, perfect active posuī, supine positum); third conjugation

1. I place, put, lay
2. I ordain
3. I set up, pitch (camp)

Synonyms

• (place, put): collocō

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• pono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pono in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to offer a prize (for the winner): praemium ponere
    
  • to set up a statue in some one's honour: statuam alicui ponere, constituere
    
  • to apply oneself zealously, diligently to a thing: studium, industriam (not diligentiam) collocare, ponere in aliqua re
    
  • to throw doubt upon a thing: in dubio ponere
    
  • to cite a person or a thing as an example: aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorare
    
  • it is a debated point whether... or..: in contentione ponitur, utrum...an
    
  • to bring a thing vividly before the eyes: ante oculos ponere aliquid
    
  • to give a general idea of a thing: in uno conspectu ponere aliquid
    
  • to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
    
  • to publish, make public: in medio ponere (proponere)
    
  • to propose, set a theme: ponere
    
  • to set some one a theme for discussion: ponere alicui, de quo disputet
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to propose a subject of debate, put a question: quaestionem ponere, proponere
    
  • to lay down a book (vid. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): librum de manibus ponere
    
  • to set one's hope on some one: spem suam ponere, collocare in aliquo
    
  • to put confidence in some one: fiduciam in aliquo ponere, collocare
    
  • to consider virtue the highest good: summum bonum in virtute ponere
    
  • to place some one in ambush: aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponere
    
  • to undress: vestem ponere (exuere)
    
  • to set food before a person: cibum apponere, ponere alicui
    
  • to consider a thing as profit: in lucro ponere aliquid (Flacc. 17. 40)
    
  • to pile arms (cf. sect. XII. 3, note vestem deponere...): arma ponere (not deponere)
    
  • to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
    
  • to encamp: castra ponere, locare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be favourably situated: opportuno loco situm or positum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to fail to see what lies before one: quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videre
    
  • (ambiguous) to depend upon a thing: positum, situm esse in aliqua re
    
  • (ambiguous) to be in a person's power: in manu, in potestate alicuius situm, positum esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
    
  • (ambiguous) it is a matter of conjecture, supposition: aliquid in coniectura positum est
    
  • (ambiguous) we start by presupposing that..: positum est a nobis primum (c. Acc. c. Inf.)
    
  • (ambiguous) to occupy a very high position in the state: in altissimo dignitatis gradu collocatum, locatum, positum esse
    

Maori

Adjective

pono

1. true

Portuguese

Verb

pono

1. Eye dialect spelling of pondo, representing Northeastern Brazilian Portuguese.