leher

Basque

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Proto-Basque *le(h)eR.

Noun

leher inan

1. pine

   Synonym: pinu

Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

leher

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

Further reading

• "leher" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus
• “leher” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈle̞.he̞r/
• Hyphenation: le‧her

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Noun

leher (first-person possessive leherku, second-person possessive lehermu, third-person possessive lehernya)

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 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):
• 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.