ponga

English

Alternative forms

• punga

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori ponga.

Noun

ponga (plural pongas)

1. Cyathea dealbata, a medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand.

   Synonym: silver fern

Anagrams

• go nap

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Italian

Verb

ponga

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of porre
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of porre
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of porre
4. third-person singular imperative of porre

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Maori

Noun

ponga

1. silver fern (Alsophila dealbata)

   Synonym: kaponga

Derived terms

• heka-ponga
• whekī ponga

 

Descendants

• → English: ponga, punga

References

• Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, →ISBN, page 123
• Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 124: “Pónga, s. A fern tree. (Cyathea dealbata.)”

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Spanish

Verb

ponga

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of poner.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of poner.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of poner.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of poner.