bakwit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit,[1] from English evacuate.

Noun

bakwit (plural bakwits)

  1. (Philippines) An evacuee.
    • 2007, Checkpoints and chokepoints, Mindanao Studies Consortium Foundation, page 178:
      Evacuees queuing sparked tension when some aid agencies claimed that non-bakwits in communities hosting the evacuees, took advantage of relief goods by signing up as the displaced.

References

  1. ^ Jowel Canuday (2009) The Power of the Displaced, Ateneo de Manila University Press, pages 54-55, 152-153: “The term Bakwit[sic] is a visayan[sic] adaptation of the English words evacuate and evacuee.”

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English evacuate, from Latin ēvacuāre.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bak‧wit

Verb

bakwit

  1. to evacuate; to flee

Noun

bakwit

  1. an evacuee

Descendants

  • → English: bakwit

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bakwit.

Derived terms

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bakˈwit/ [bɐkˈwɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: bak‧wit

Etymology 1

Adjective

bakwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. defective in pronunciation (in one's speech)
Derived terms
  • pabakwit-bakwit

Etymology 2

Noun

bakwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. alternative form of bakwet
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