ponka

Questions about ponka

What does ponka mean?

ponka means "a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ponka?

ponka has 2 syllables and divides as pon-ka under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ponka?

Close synonyms include Ponca, Ponca. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ponka a common word?

ponka is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.