holding, possession / wear, durability

continuative of 持つ

to hold, to carry something / to have, to possess / to hold up, to maintain

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

nonetheless, although, be that as it may

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]

to startle; to surprise; to astonish

in other words; what I (you, etc.) mean is

(archaic) second-person personal pronoun: you

human / person / people / individual / man / woman / someone