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.

Derived terms
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