leher

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /leher/
  • IPA(key): (Southern) /ler/
  • Rhymes: -eher
  • 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 [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • 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

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ Craig D. Soderberg (2014-04) “Cocos Malay”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 44, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 103–107