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

  • IPA(key): /bakˈwit/, [bɐkˈwit]
  • Hyphenation: bak‧wit

Adjective

bakwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

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

Noun

bakwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜃ᜔ᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. Alternative form of bakwet
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