bakwit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit[1], from English evacuate.
Noun
bakwit (plural bakwits)
- (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
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English evacuate, from Latin ēvacuāre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bak‧wit
Verb
bakwit
Noun
bakwit
- an evacuee
Descendants
- → English: bakwit
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bakwit.
Derived terms
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