| | hold (to)  |
| mihazona | ~ to hold, to grasp, to detain. ~ to grasp, to retain |
| mamahana | ~ 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 | ~ [Provincial] to squeeze, to grapple, to hold fast |
| manaba | ~ to hinder, to hold, to impede. (Prov.) |
| mangehy | ~ to hold something fast, to tie, to bind. |
| mitana | ~ to lay hold of; to hold; to arrest (of police) |