iskwat

Cebuano

Etymology

From English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from *Vulgar Latin coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coactus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧kwat

Verb

iskwat

1. to squat
2. to occupy a building without permission

Synonyms

• gak-ang, puk-ong, pungko, tuk-ong, tungko