upah

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)

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.

   Synonym: gaji

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

      Synonyms: ganjaran, imbalan

   2. (figurative) the result of an action, whether good or bad.

      Synonym: hasil

Derived terms

• berupah
• mengupah
• mengupahi
• mengupahkan
• pengupah
• pengupahan
• upah-mengupah
• upahan

 

• upah bersih
• upah borongan
• upah harian
• upah hati
• upah lembur
• upah minimum
• upah perangsang
• upah premi
• upah pungut
• upah terutang
• upah wajar

 

• daftar upah

 

Further reading

• “upah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *upaq

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *upaq (“compensation, reward”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /upah/
• Rhymes: -upah, -pah, -ah

Noun

upah (Jawi spelling اوڤه, plural upah-upah, informal 1st possessive upahku, 2nd possessive upahmu, 3rd possessive upahnya)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• berupah
• orang upah

 

Descendants

• Indonesian: upah

Verb

upah (Jawi spelling اوڤه)

1. to pay someone a wage or an upah

   Synonym: bayar

   Saya mengupah pekerja saya sebanyak RM6 sejam.

   I pay my employees RM6 an hour.

Derived terms

• diupah
• mengupah
• pengupah
• upahan

 

Further reading

• “upah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *upaq