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Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay upah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq (“compensation, reward”).
- Displaced Dutch loon (“wage, pay, reward”) by Komisi Bahasa Indonesia as published on Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah No.38 Year III Month 3 (2604) in 1944.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʊpah/
- Hyphenation: upah
Noun
upah (first-person possessive upahku, second-person possessive upahmu, third-person possessive upahnya)
- wage: an amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.
- Synonym: gaji
- reward:
- a prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
- Synonyms: ganjaran, imbalan
- (figurative) the result of an action, whether good or bad.
- Synonym: hasil
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Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq (“compensation, reward”).
Pronunciation
Noun
upah (Jawi spelling اوڤه, plural upah-upah, informal 1st possessive upahku, 2nd possessive upahmu, 3rd possessive upahnya)
- wage; compensation; a specified amount of money that is given to someone for doing a certain task
- Synonyms: bayaran, pendapatan, gaji
Aku dapat upah RM20 sejam bila aku kerja sebagai pelayan dekat kedai makan tu.- I got a wage of RM20 an hour working as a waiter at that restaurant.
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Verb
upah (Jawi spelling اوڤه)
- to pay someone a wage or an upah
- Synonym: bayar
Saya mengupah pekerja saya sebanyak RM6 sejam.- I pay my employees RM6 an hour.
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