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, page 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

Quotations

  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bakwit.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.