suwitik

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a metathesis of Hokkien 仇敵／仇敌 (siû-te̍k, “enemy”).[1][2][3][4][5] Unrelated to English Jesuitic.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /suˈitik/ [ˈswi.tɪk]
  • Rhymes: -itik
  • Syllabification: su‧wi‧tik

Adjective

suwitik (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. cunning; sly; tricky; artful
    Synonyms: tuso, madaya, mapanlinlang, sukaron

Derived terms
  • suwitikin

Noun

suwitik (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜏᜒᜆᜒᜃ᜔)

  1. swindler; cheat
    Synonyms: manlilinlang, mangagantso, mandaraya

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
  2. Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino People‎, 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, published 1990, →ISBN, page 53
  3. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 58
  4. 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “仇敵”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
  5. “台華線頂對照典”, in 台華對應綜合大辭典查詢‎, 2002+, 編號: 71159

Further reading
  • “suwitik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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