pitää

“pitää” is a Finnish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

to hold, grasp, grip
to hold [with partitive; or with elative ‘onto’ (often with kiinni)] (have and keep possession of something)
to hold, to be in possession (of)
to dribble
to hold, keep, retain (restrain; bear, carry, or manage; not to give way)
to keep, take; to not lose or give up
to keep, preserve (hold the status of something)
to keep, take care of
to keep, store
to keep (remain faithful to a given promise or word)
to like, be fond of
to consider (to be), to assess, to see as, to deem
to have to, need to
should, ought to, be supposed to, would have to
to wear (clothes, etc.) (often with yllä or päällä, possibly with a possessive suffix)
to keep, own, maintain, manage, run, operate, keep up (an establishment or organization)
to hold, organize, conduct, carry out (e.g. an event)

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