Pon

//pɒn// name, noun, prep, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A call for forming a set of three identical tiles using a discarded tile. Japanese
  2. 2
    Initialism of passive optical network, technology and standards for fiber-optic broadband access. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Preposition
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of 'pon. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    Clipping of ponteng Singlish, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 碰 (pon).

Etymology 2

Chinese surname, variant Romanizations of: * 潘 and 盤 /盘 (pán) (see Pan) * 彭 (see Peng) * possibly Romanized from names such as 邦 (bāng)), monosyllabic personal names.

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