pone
See also: poné
English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman pone and its source, Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative form of pōnere (“to place”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pone (plural pones)
Etymology 2
From Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pəʊn/
Noun
pone (countable and uncountable, plural pones)
- (Southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
- 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, page 11:
- ‘Maybe you could fetch me just a little piece of pone,’ I said, pleading, thinking: Big talk will fetch you nothing but nigger talk might work.
- 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, page 11:
Derived terms
See also
- hominy grits
Italian
Pronunciation
- póne
- IPA(key): /ˈpone/
Latin
Etymology
From post + *-ne.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.ne/, [ˈpoː.nɛ]
References
- pone in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pone in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
Old French
Spanish
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