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upih

Pronunciation: /upih/

“upih” is a Malay word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. spathe; sheath (of spadix of the unexpanded fruit of certain palms, esp. of the areca-nut palm.)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *upih, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hupiq, from Proto-Austronesian *Supiq.

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