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hoidma

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *hoitadak. Cognate with Finnish hoitaa and Votic oita.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhoi̯d̥mɑ/, [ˈ(h)oi̯d̥mɑ]
  • Rhymes: -oidmɑ
  • Hyphenation: hoid‧ma

Verb

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hoidma (da-infinitive hoida)

  1. (transitive) to hold (to hold on to something or someone, to keep it in one's grip, not to let go)
  2. (transitive) to keep (to allow or force something or someone to be in a certain place, situation, position, or condition, to leave them there)
    • 1926-1933, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, chapter XXXV, in Tõde ja õigus (Truth and Justice)[1], page 358:
      «Sa valetad!» käratas Andres. «Sa teadsid väga hästi, et mina kõiges kurt ja pime olin, ja sina ise aitasid mind nõnda hoida, mängisid lastega minu vastu kokku. Sa valetad praegu ja oled mulle ikka valetad.
      “You're lying!” scolded Andres. "You knew very well that I was deaf and blind in everything, and you yourself helped to keep me that way, you played the children against me. You're lying now, and you're still lying to me.
  3. (transitive) to keep, to maintain
  4. (transitive) to look after, to preserve (to handle carefully, cautiously, to use prudently)
  5. (transitive) to hold back
    Synonym: kinni hoidma
  6. (transitive) to look after, to take care of (to watch over someone, something)
  7. (ambitransitive) to care about (to be attached to someone or something, to treat them with love and affection)
  8. (transitive) to keep (to avoid something unpleasant or dangerous, to prevent it from happening)
  9. (transitive) to keep (to maintain or attempt to maintain a position or direction)
    Synonym: hoiduma
  10. (transitive) to side with
    Synonym: hoiduma

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • hoidma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • hoidma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009