hou

Afrikaans

/ɦœu/

verb

Definitions

to hold
to keep

Etymology

Derived from Dutch, Flemish houden (hold, keep, retain).

Origin

Dutch (Brabantic)

houden

Gloss

hold, keep, retain

Concept

Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

aanhouden Dutch, Flemish
afhouden Dutch, Flemish
behouden Dutch, Flemish
bezighouden Dutch, Flemish
bijeenhouden Dutch, Flemish
bijenhouder Dutch, Flemish
bijhouden Dutch, Flemish
houdbaar Dutch, Flemish
houden Dutch, Flemish
houder Dutch, Flemish
houdgreep Dutch, Flemish
houdster Dutch, Flemish
houwtouw Dutch, Flemish
huishouden Dutch, Flemish
inhouden Dutch, Flemish
mishouden Dutch, Flemish
nahouden Dutch, Flemish
onderhouden Dutch, Flemish
onthouden Dutch, Flemish
ophouden Dutch, Flemish
overhouden Dutch, Flemish
schildhouder Dutch, Flemish
tegenhouden Dutch, Flemish
uithouden Dutch, Flemish
vasthouden Dutch, Flemish
veehouder Dutch, Flemish
verhouden Dutch, Flemish
vershoudfolie Dutch, Flemish
weerhouden Dutch, Flemish
houden Middle Dutch