pramis

Cebuano

Etymology

From English promise.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pra‧mis

Interjection

pramis

1. I promise
2. do you promise?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pramis.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English promise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpra.mis/

Verb

pramis

1. to promise
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 9:5:

     A dat mek mi did tingk it impuotant fi wi breda dem kom si unu bifuo mi kom dong de. Mi push dem fi go orli so dat dem kuda mek shuor se aal a di sitn dem we unu did pramis fi gi, gyada op an pudong. Kaaz ef evriting gyada op an redi wen mi riich de, it wi shuo se a gi unu riili waahn fi gi; it wi shuo se nobadi naa fuos unu fi du notn.

     So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to go on ahead to you and arrange in advance for the gift you have promised, so that it may be ready as a willing gift, not as an exaction

Noun

pramis (plural pramis dem, quantified pramis)

1. promise
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 9:9:

     Kaaz wen Gad did mek di pramis tu Iebriyam im did se, “Bout da taim ya neks ier, mi wi kom bak an Siera wi av wan bwai pikni.”

     For this is what the promise said: "About this time next year I will return, and Sarah shall have a son."

     (literally, “Because when God made a promise to Abraham, he said to him: "About this time next year, I will come back and Sarah will have a son."”)

Old French

Verb

pramis

1. past participle of prametre

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English promise, from Middle English promis, promisse, from Old French promesse, from Medieval Latin prōmissa, Latin prōmissum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾamis/ [ˈpɾaː.mɪs]
• Rhymes: -amis
• Syllabification: pra‧mis

Noun

pramis (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜋᜒᜐ᜔) (colloquial)

1. promise; act of promising

   Synonym: pangako

   Pramis, di na ako uuwi nang gabing-gabi na. Pramis? Pramis.

   Promise, I won't go home late. Do you promise? I promise.

   Anong nangyari sa pramis mo?

   What happened to your promise?

Related terms

• kompromiso

See also

• panata
• sumpa