To Stand Something Up
To Make Something, To Set Something Up
transitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means "stand" and this means to stand something up. It also can mean to make something, both in a physical sense, like making a sound, and a mental sense, like making a plan.
Don't confuse this with 立つ. 立てる means that you're standing something up. As in, "I stood up the action figure" or "I will erect the flag." You're doing the action to something else.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You already learned the kun'yomi reading for this kanji with 立つ, so you should be good to go!
ブックスタンドは本を立てるためのものです。
A book stand is something to stand books on.
ここには木のボードを立てますか？
Will you set up a wooden board here?
ペンを立てるのに、そんなに手の力はいらないですよ。
You don't need so much strength in your hand to make a pen stand.