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

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

  • (Johor-Riau) 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)

  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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