śapatha

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शपथ (śapatha, “oath, vow; swear; scolding, curse; ordeal; reviling, anathema”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.pa.ta/
• Rhymes: -ta
• Hyphenation: śa‧pa‧tha

Noun

śapatha

1. curse
2. declaration on oath

Alternative forms

• supata

Derived terms

• anapatha
• anapathani
• anapathe
• aśapatha
• makaśapatha
• pinaśapathākĕn
• śinapathan
• śinapathākĕn

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦱꦥꦠ (sapata), ꦱꦼꦥꦠ (sepata), ꦱꦸꦥꦠ (supata), ꦱꦸꦥꦲꦺꦴꦱ꧀ (supaos) (inherited)
• → Balinese: sepata

Further reading

• "śapatha" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.