What is the meaning of Pono?

to choose

to pick

righteousness

morality, goodness, excellence

correct procedure, true nature, rights, duty

prosperity, well-being

property, supplies

use, purpose

good, moral, proper

beneficial

should, must, necessary

careless, any old way

to place, put, lay [with accusative ‘something’, along with in (+ ablative or accusative) ‘in/on something’ or adverb of place or ablative]

to ordain, appoint, make something

to set up, pitch (camp)

to put away, leave off, dismiss, forego, lay down, surrender

to posit, offer, assume, suppose, depict

to drop, shed, let fall

to choose, to pick

to prefer

truth, non-fiction, validity

true, valid, honest, genuine, sincere

apparently, reputedly, supposedly

eye dialect spelling of pondo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese

Source: wiktionary.org