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INDONESIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

upah.

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

4 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʊpah/
  1. 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

  2. reward: a prize promised for a certain deed or catch

  3. reward: the result of an action, whether good or bad

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

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.

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