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

From Proto-Basque *le(h)eR.

Noun

leher inan

1. pine

   Synonym: pinu

Declension

Declension of leher (inanimate, ending in -r)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	leher	leherra	leherrak
ergative	leherrek	leherrak	leherrek
dative	leherri	leherrari	leherrei
genitive	leherren	leherraren	leherren
comitative	leherrekin	leherrarekin	leherrekin
causative	leherrengatik	leherrarengatik	leherrengatik
benefactive	leherrentzat	leherrarentzat	leherrentzat
instrumental	leherrez	leherraz	leherrez
inessive	leherretan	leherrean	leherretan
locative	leherretako	leherreko	leherretako
allative	leherretara	leherrera	leherretara
terminative	leherretaraino	leherreraino	leherretaraino
directive	leherretarantz	leherrerantz	leherretarantz
destinative	leherretarako	leherrerako	leherretarako
ablative	leherretatik	leherretik	leherretatik
partitive	leherrik	—	—
prolative	lehertzat	—	—

Etymology 2

Verb

leher

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

Further reading

• “leher”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “leher”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay leher, from Proto-Malayic *lihər, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *lihər, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *lihər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *liqəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *liqəʀ.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈleher/ [ˈle.her]

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• Rhymes: -eher
• Syllabification: le‧her

Noun

leher (plural leher-leher)

1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)

References

• “leher” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /lehe(r)/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lehɪ(r)/
• (Cocos) IPA^(key): [leʔer]
• Rhymes: -ehe(r), -he(r), -e(r)

Noun

leher (Jawi spelling ليهير, plural leher-leher, informal 1st possessive leherku, 2nd possessive lehermu, 3rd possessive lehernya)

1. neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)

Descendants

• Indonesian: leher

References

• "leher" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “leher” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.