Where does “uji” come from?

uji (Iban) comes from Proto-Malayic *uji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi.

uji (Iban): to try, to test

Definitions

  1. to try, to test

Ancestry of “uji”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*uji—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*uzi—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *uzi →Every word from Proto-Malayic *uji →