1. v., Ma and lama, light. To keep; to preserve; to watch over. See kiai.
2. nvt., To tend, attend, preserve, protect, beware, save, maintain; to keep or observe, as a taboo; to conduct, as a service; to serve, honor, as God; care, preservation, support, fidelity, loyalty; custodian, caretaker, keeper.
3. To serve as a servant; to take care of, as one who cares for another. Kin. 47:13.
4. To reverence; to obey, as a command. Kanl. 5:9.
5. To observe, as a festival; to attend to, as a duty.
6. To be awake to danger.
7. To put and keep things in order.
