kannattaa.
to support, bear up, hold up, prop up, carry (support physically)
Meaning & usage
to support, bear up, hold up, prop up, carry (support physically)
Pylväät kannattavat kattoa.
to support, uphold, sustain
to support, patronize, maintain
to support, back, champion, stand up for
Svante kannattaa aina Ruotsia jääkiekko-otteluissa.
to support, second, espouse, go along with, agree with, adhere
Kannatamme ajatusta.
to be worth(while) (for somebody), be worth it, be worth (somebody's while), should, ought to, be a good idea to, one better
Sinun kannattaa miettiä sitä jo etukäteen.
Varaosat kannattaa tilata meidän kauttamme.
to be profitable, pay off
Liike kannattaa.
to have somebody/something carried [with adessive ‘by’], make somebody [with adessive] carry something
Vaimo kannatti aviomiehellään raskaan television olohuoneeseen.
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kandattadak (compare Estonian kannatama (“to tolerate, to suffer”), Ingrian kannattaa (“to survive”)), equivalent to kantaa (“to carry”) + -ttaa (curative verb), literally “to have somebody/something carried”. The senses “to support, second, back; to be worthwhile, be worth; to be profitable”, attested since the 19th century, may be semantic loans from Swedish (compare e.g. Swedish stödja).
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