Where does “upah” come from?

upah (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq.

upah (Malay): wage; compensation; a specified amount of money that is given to someone for doing a certain task

Definitions

  1. wage; compensation; a specified amount of money that is given to someone for doing a certain task

Ancestry of “upah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*upaq

Words derived from “upah

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq