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
inessive	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

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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]

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• 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

• “leher”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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-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/
  • 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

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

Further reading

• “leher”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "leher" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017