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bakwit

bakwit noun: an evacuee.

Noun

bakwit (plural bakwits)

  1. (Philippines) An evacuee.
    • 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.2007, Checkpoints and chokepoints, Mindanao Studies Consortium Foundation, page 178

Forms of bakwit

pluralbakwits

Origin of bakwit

Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit, from English evacuate.

Questions about bakwit

What does bakwit mean?
Bakwit means an evacuee.
What part of speech is bakwit?
Bakwit is a noun.
What is the plural of bakwit?
The plural of bakwit is bakwits.

Words near bakwit in the dictionary

  1. Bakuvian
  2. Bakuvians
  3. bakwan
  4. bakwan kepiting
  5. bakwans
  6. bakwit
  7. bakwits
  8. Bakʷəmk̓ala
  9. Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  10. Bak̓ʷəmgala
  11. bal

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