kannattaa

Definitions

• (transitive) to support, bear up, hold up, prop up, carry support physically
• (transitive) to support, uphold, sustain
• (transitive) to support, patronize, maintain
• (transitive) to support, back, champion, stand up for
• (transitive) to second, espouse, go along with, agree with, adhere
• (transitive) To be (while) (for somebody to do), be worth (somebody's while to do).
• (intransitive) to be profitable, pay off
• (transitive) To have somebody/something carried (by somebody = allative), make somebody (= allative) carry something.