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発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈsumpa/, [ˈsump˭ä]
  • With pitch accent: IPA: [ˈsum˧p˭ä˦˧], [ˈsum˨˧-]

動詞

sumpah (invariable)

1. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To promise; to earnestly swear that something is true.

   I don’t know anything about this scandal — sumpah.

   • 2004, Elangovan, O$P$, Singapore, →ISBN, page 16:

     I sumpah (promise) mak! Anybody can come to see you mak. I won’t tell bapak mak. If you are happy, I am happy mak. Don’t kill me mak.

   • 2017 July 4, Lee Hsien Loong, “38 Oxley Road (Debate on Ministerial Statements)”, in Parliamentary Debates: Official Report (Parliament of Singapore), volume 94:

     And because of the gravity of the matter, I voluntarily made my submissions to the Ministerial Committee in the form of sworn statutory declarations or, as they say in the coffee shops – sumpah.