wisit

Tagalog

Etymology

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

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

Noun

wisit or wisít (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜐᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. boon; mascot for good luck
    Synonym: nagbibigay-suwerte

Further reading
  • “wisit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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

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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