| | hold  |
| lakaly | hold of a ship ~ the hold of a ship |
| mifamihin-tanana | hold hand (to) ~ to hold hands |
| 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. |
| mamihitra | hold of (to lay) ~ to lay hold of, to grasp, to grip. |
| mameja | hold (to) ~ [Provincial] to squeeze, to grapple, to hold fast |
| mamokeky | hold to something (to) ~ [Provincial] to hold to something, to detain, to retain, to prevent from departing |
| manaba | hold (to) ~ to hinder, to hold, to impede. (Prov.) |
| miandrandra | hold |
| mangehy | hold (to) ~ to hold something fast, to tie, to bind. |
| manomoka | hold something in the mouth witout swallowing (to) ~ to hold something in the mouth witout swallowing it |
| 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 |