iskwat
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English squat, from Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from *Vulgar Latin coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coactus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: is‧kwat
Verb
editiskwat
- to squat
- to occupy a building without permission