pono.
to place; to put; to lay
Meaning & usage
to place; to put; to lay
to ordain; to appoint; to make (something)
to set up; to pitch (camp)
to put away; to leave off; to dismiss; to forego; to lay down; to surrender
to posit; to offer; to assume; to suppose; to depict
to drop; to shed; to let fall
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pōnō Inherited from Proto-Italic *pozinō, from *po (“off, away”) + *sinō (“to put in place”). Equivalent to po- + sinō.
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