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Rh Sumpah, to swear, to take an oath. Probably derived from Sapa, C. 705, an oath, an imprecation, a curse. Made a verb by the insertion of the peculiar Um. Or it may be derived from Su; C. 752, good, reverence. Pata, C. 354, a leaf, the leaf of a book. The Hindu scriptures were written on palm-leaves, and on them, or by them, oaths may have been taken. In Javanese and Madurese, Supata is an oath, a vow. To swear, to vow.

Sumpahan, to administer an oath. To put to the test of an oath.

Sumpěl, to stop, to stop up, as the mouth of any aperture, the mouth of a bottle for instance. A stopple, a pledget, a cork, a bung, a plug. Lodong na di sumpět ku daun, the bambu water-holder was stuffed up with leaves, (to prevent the water from running out). Sumpěl is any wisp of leaves or other light matter to stuff into any vessel or aperture.

Sumping, a head-ornament. Any ornament worn about the head, especially when stuck into the hair, as a flower stuck in behind the ear.

Sumping, to come, to arrive. Said of a high personage.

Sumpit, to blow small arrows, headed with a bit of cotton, through a hollow bambu cane, with which to kill birds.

Sumpitan, the instrument used for blowing arrows. A blow-pipe. This instrument was probably formerly used extensive in ancient Java, as it now even exists, in common use, among the rude inhabitants of Borneo and Celebes. In Java it is, now a days, only a child's play thing.

Sumpur, name of a forest-tree with hard, heavy, reddish wood. Colbertia Obovata. This tree casts its leaves entirely before the new ones make their appearance, and when so devoid of leaves, the flowers show themselves in plenty. They are light yellow. The natives say that the wood of this tree turns to stone, and hence fossil wood, which is very plentiful all over Jasinga and South Bantam is called Batu sumpur. But, notwithstanding what the natives says, the process of fossilization does not appear to be going on.

Sumpur-chai, name of a tree, Capellia Macrocarpa.

Sumputkěn, to hide, to conceal anything, to secrete.

Sumsum, the marrow. The matter inside the bones.

Sumuhun, to submit, willing to obey. An humble expression, whereby the speaker intimates his willingness to comply with orders. Most obediently. Probably a plural form of Suhun, to carry on the top of the head.

Sumur, a well, a place where water naturally rises out of the ground, and is seldom deep, but mostly in the shape of a pool. Origin: Sur, idiomatic expression of shoving along, from the water in a well shoving itself out or oozing, with the peculiar Um interposed, to denote continuity or action.

Sunan, a sultan, an emperor. A title given to the first Mahomedan missionaries who were Arabs. Probably derived from Suhun, to carry on the head. See.