sumpah

From Malay sumpah, from Classical Malay sumpah, from Old Malay sumpaḥ, probably from Old Javanese sumpah (“oath, imprecation”), śumāpa (“to curse”), śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”) +‎ -um- (“active, indicative verb”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “curse, oath”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsʊmpah]
• Hyphenation: sum‧pah

sumpah (first-person possessive sumpahku, second-person possessive sumpahmu, third-person possessive sumpahnya)

1. swear

sumpah (first-person possessive sumpahku, second-person possessive sumpahmu, third-person possessive sumpahnya)

1. curse

   Synonyms: kutuk, tulah

• “sumpah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (sumpaḥ), probably from Old Javanese sumpah (“oath, imprecation”), śumāpa (“to curse”), śāpa (“curse, malediction, abuse, oath, imprecation”) +‎ -um- (“active, indicative verb”), from Sanskrit शाप (śāpa, “curse, oath”).

sumpah (Jawi spelling سومڤه‎, plural sumpah-sumpah, informal 1st possessive sumpahku, 2nd possessive sumpahmu, 3rd possessive sumpahnya)

1. curse

   Synonyms: tulah, kutuk

• Indonesian: sumpah

menyumpah

1. to swear

   Aku sumpah, aku tak tidur dengan suami kau!

   I swear I didn't sleep with your husband!

2. to curse

   Sambil dihukum mati, Mahsuri menyumpah Langkawi supaya tidak aman selama tujuh keturunan.

   As she was executed, Mahsuri cursed Langkawi to seven generations of unrest.

• Indonesian: sumpah

• “sumpah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.