leher

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /leher/ [le.her]
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ler/ [ler]
  • Rhymes: -eher, -er
  • Rhymes: -er
  • Hyphenation: le‧her

Etymology 1

Noun

leher inan

  1. alternative form of ler (“pine”)
Declension
Declension of leher (inan C-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive leher leherra leherrak leherrok
ergative leherrek leherrak leherrek leherrok
dative leherri leherrari leherrei leherroi
genitive leherren leherraren leherren leherron
comitative leherrekin leherrarekin leherrekin leherrokin
causative leherrengatik leherrarengatik leherrengatik leherrongatik
benefactive leherrentzat leherrarentzat leherrentzat leherrontzat
instrumental leherrez leherraz leherrez leherrotaz
innesive leherretan leherrean leherretan leherrotan
locative leherretako leherreko leherretako leherrotako
allative leherretara leherrera leherretara leherrotara
terminative leherretaraino leherreraino leherretaraino leherrotaraino
directive leherretarantz leherrerantz leherretarantz leherrotarantz
destinative leherretarako leherrerako leherretarako leherrotarako
ablative leherretatik leherretik leherretatik leherrotatik
partitive leherrik — — —
prolative lehertzat — — —

Etymology 2

Verb

leher

  1. short form of lehertu (“to explode”)

Further reading

  • “leher”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay leher, from Proto-Malayic *lihər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈleher/ [ˈle.hɛr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eher
  • Syllabification: le‧her

Noun

léhér (plural leher-leher)

  1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

Derived terms

  • berleher (“necked, having a neck”)

References

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*liqeR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lihər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Pronunciation

  • (schwa-variety) IPA(key): /ˈlehe(r)/ [ˈle.he(r)]
    • Rhymes: -ehe(r)
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /ˈleher/ [ˈle.her]
    • Rhymes: -eher
  • (Cocos) IPA(key): /leʔer/[1]
    • Rhymes: -eʔer
  • Hyphenation: le‧her

Noun

leher (Jawi spelling ليهير, plural leher-leher or leher2)

  1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: leher

References

  1. ^ Craig D. Soderberg (2014-04), “Cocos Malay”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association‎[1], volume 44, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 103–107
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*liqeR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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