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mantegner

“mantegner” is a Venetan word. Its meaning in English:

verb

  1. to keep, stand by, maintain, support, uphold

Examples

  • La masa dei pianeti xe sufisente a darghe na forma sferoidal, andove la so dominansa gravitasionale ghe permeta de mantegner libara la so fasa orbital da altri corpi de dimension pari o maxori.
  • Ła legenda ła dise che, indecisi se mantegner el vecio nome o dopàrar el novo, el grupo el gabia dełegà ła selta al publico de un concerto pa alzata de man, e che i gabia preferio el novo.

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Etymology

From Late Latin manūteneō, manūtenēre (“to support”) (compare Italian mantenere), from Latin manū (“with the hand”) + teneō (“to hold”).

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