to pay, pay off, be worthwhile or profitable · to compensate
çekim: geçmiş compensei · ortaç compensado · şimdiki compensa
köken: Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre (“to weight together one thing against another, to balance, to make good, later also to shorten, to spare”), from com- (“together”) + pensō (“weigh”).
to support, bear up, hold up, prop up, carry (support physically) · to support, uphold, sustain · to support, patronize, maintain
çekim: geçmiş kannattanut · şimdiki kannattaisi · ulaç kannattava
köken: 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.…
to work (to function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for) · to fit the bill as, to be well suited as (-nak/-nek) · to prove to be, to turn out (-nak/-nek)