Meanings
nounbakwit (plural bakwits)
plural bakwits
- PhilippinesAn 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
Origin
- Englishevacuate
- Cebuanobakwit
- Englishbakwit
Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit, from English evacuate.
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bakwit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakwit
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Chicago
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