heldu

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• IPA^(key): (Southern) /eldu/, [e̞l̪.d̪u]
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /heldu/, [ɦe̞l̪.d̪u]

heldu da/dio (imperfect participle heltzen, future participle helduko, short form hel, verbal noun heltze)

1. (da) to arrive
2. (da) to ripen
3. (dio) to grab

• “heldu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “heldu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

heldu

1. third-person plural past active indicative of halda