to hold (in hands) to preserve 3 realizations
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Romani
lexeme ikren
meaning 1 to hold (in hands)
direction
meaning 2 to preserve
reference World Loanword Database
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Selice Romani

ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Romanian
lexeme ține
meaning 1 to hold in hands
direction
meaning 2 to keep something in a certain place (to put it away or have it at hand in case of need); keep something for a long time in order to use it in the future
reference MDA2 DEX98
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ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Turkish
lexeme tutmak
meaning 1 to hold (in hands)

ipi tut


hold the rope

direction
meaning 2 to keep, preserve, retain

Çocukları okulda tutmak onları eğitmekten daha zor.


Keeping kids in school is harder than teaching them.

reference Baskakov 1977: 872 glosbe.com
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