| Example in Malay | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Kami tidak menginginkan apa pun memegang kita. | We don't want anything holding us up. |
| Bridesmaid apa jika aku tak memegang tanganmu dalam perceraian nanti? | What bridesmaid would I be if I didn't hold your hand during the divorce? |
| Biarlah saya memegang gaun basah lama Anda. | Here, let me, let me hold that old wet dress of yours. |
| Dia adalah lengket, barang lengket yang memegang kita bersama-sama. | He is the gooey, sticky stuff that holds us together. |
| Itu dosa-dosa Anda yang memegang Anda di sini. | It's your sins which hold you here. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | holde | Dutch | vasthouden |
| English | hold | Esperanto | teni |
| Faroese | halda | Finnish | pidellä |
| French | détenir,enfermer, enferrer, renfermer | German | halten, vorhalten |
| Greek | βαστώ, κρατώ, πιάνω, χωρώ | Icelandic | gegna, rúma |
| Indonesian | beranggapan, berpegang, memegang, menahan, mengadakan, menggelar, menggendong, pegang | Italian | detenere, tenere, trattenere |
| Japanese | 催す, 在任, 持つ, 占める, 保有, 留める | Latvian | turēt |
| Lithuanian | laikyti, prilaikyti | Macedonian | држи, одржи |
| Maori | pupuri | Norwegian | halda, holde |
| Polish | chwytać, piastować, potrzymać, przytrzymać, przytrzymywać, trzymać, zmieścić | Portuguese | apossar, assenhorear, segurar |
| Romanian | ține | Russian | держать, подержать, придержать, придерживать, придерживаться |
| Spanish | afianzarse, sostener, sostenerse | Swedish | hålla, hålla i |
| Thai | กุม, ถือ, ยุด | Turkish | tutmak, tutunmak |
| Vietnamese | cầm, giũ, giú, giữ vững, nắm giữ, nín |
