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From Lojban to English :
Word: dimnu'e [jbovlaste] Type: lujvo Gloss Word: swear in the sense of "to take an oath for a promise or statement" Gloss Word: take an oath Definition: x1 swears / takes an oath, promising/asserting x2 (abstraction), invoking fate x3 (abstraction) Notes: x2 could be a nu-event or ka-action that x1 intends to happen or perform, or a du'u-proposition that x1 swears the truth of. x3 is a fate (typically bad) that x1 invokes on themself should they break the oath. tu'a can be used to raise x3, to swear by a treasured possession (implied fate being loss of that possession), or a deity (implied fate being the wrath of said deity). See dimna, maldimna, nupre, cevni, dapmaFrom Pure-Lojban Dictionary :
Word: dimnu'e [jbovlaste] Type: lujvo Definition: x1 nupre pe'aru'e x2 x3 noi maldimna .i ganai x2 na fasnu ja se zukte ja jetnu gi x1 dapma vo'a x3