wisit

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly from:

  • From Hokkien 有圍翼／有围翼 (ū-ûi-si̍t, “with luck”, literally “with wings”)
  • From Hokkien 有衣食 (ū ui-si̍t, “with clothes and food”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: wi‧sit
  • IPA(key): /ˈwisit/, [ˈwi.sɪt]
  • IPA(key): /wiˈsit/, [wɪˈsit]

Noun

wisit or wisít (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜐᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. mascot for good luck
    Synonym: nagbibigay-suwerte

See also

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 146

Further reading

Wolof

Noun

wisit (definite form wisit bi)

  1. medical appointment

References

Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 257

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