"bakwit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bakwits [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit, from English evacuate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ceb|bakwit}} Cebuano bakwit, {{sic}} ^([sic]), {{sic}} ^([sic]), {{der|en|en|evacuate}} English evacuate Head templates: {{en-noun}} bakwit (plural bakwits)
  1. (Philippines) An evacuee. Tags: Philippines
    Sense id: en-bakwit-en-noun-UBv71ecP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Philippine English, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 3 68 7 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 2 62 5 2

Inflected forms

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        "2": "ceb",
        "3": "bakwit"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^([sic])",
      "name": "sic"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^([sic])",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English evacuate",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Cebuano bakwit, from English evacuate.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 3 68 7 3",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 2 62 5 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, Checkpoints and chokepoints, Mindanao Studies Consortium Foundation, page 178:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "An evacuee."
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        "(Philippines) An evacuee."
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^([sic])",
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    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "^([sic])",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed back into English",
        "English terms borrowed from Cebuano",
        "English terms derived from Cebuano",
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        "Pages with entries",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "An evacuee."
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        "(Philippines) An evacuee."
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      ]
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