Pon vs Fon - What's the difference?
pon | fon |
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
* 1579 , Edmund Spender, The Shepheardes Calender: Februarie :
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.
(rfv-sense) (obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.
A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
* 2008 , Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:
* 2010 , Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:
* 2011 , Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:
As a preposition pon
is an alternative spelling of 'pon|lang=en Contraction of upon.As a noun fon is
a fool or idiot.As an adjective fon is
foolish; simple; silly.As a verb fon is
to be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.As a proper noun Fon is
a language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.fon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fon, fonne, of (etyl) origin, related to (etyl) . More at (m).Noun
(en noun)- Thou art a fon , of thy loue to boste,
- All that is lent to loue, wyll be lost.
Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
From (etyl) fonnen, from fon, .Verb
(fonn)Etymology 3
Noun
(en noun)- Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA),
- In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
- Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party