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| mihazona | hold (to) ~ to hold, to grasp, to detain. |
| mamahana | hold (to) ~ to hold fast to something, as a balustrade or cord; to place the feet firmly on the ground in supporting anything or resisting any one, or as a cat pulled by the tail clings to the ground with its claws; to rest upon something or some one, as in resting confidently on God; to detain, to prevent from going or being drawn away; to hold to what belongs to another. |
| mameja | hold (to) ~ to squeeze, to grapple, to hold fast^Provincial |
| manaba | hold (to) ~ to hinder, to hold, to impede. (Prov.) |
| miandrandra | hold ~ to look upright, to hold the head erect; to look up to for help; to be proud or self-confident. ~ to hold the head up; to look up to something |
| mangehy | hold (to) ~ to hold something fast, to tie, to bind. |
| mitana | hold (to) ~ to lay hold of; to hold; to arrest (of police) |
| mitangozana | hold ~ to hold, to grasp, to be detained by someone or something |
| mifamihin-tanana | hold hand (to) ~ to hold hands |
| lakaly | hold of a ship ~ the hold of a ship |
| mamihitra | hold of (to lay) ~ to lay hold of, to grasp, to grip. |
| manomoka | hold something in the mouth witout swallowing (to) ~ to hold something in the mouth witout swallowing it |
| mamokeky | hold to something (to) ~ to hold to something, to detain, to retain, to prevent from departing^Provincial |
