wisit

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 衣食 (ui-si̍t, “luck; boon; blessing; good omen”, literally “clothes & food”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwisit/ [ˈwiː.sɪt], /wiˈsit/ [wɪˈsit]
• Rhymes: -isit, -it
• Syllabification: wi‧sit

Noun

wisit or wisít (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜐᜒᜆ᜔)

1. boon; mascot for good luck

   Synonym: nagbibigay-suwerte

Related terms

• buwisit

Further reading

• “wisit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 146

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