suwitik

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly a metathesis of Hokkien 仇敵 (siû-te̍k, “enemy”).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: su‧wi‧tik
  • IPA(key): /suˈitik/, [ˈswi.tɪk]

Adjective

suwitik

  1. cunning; sly; tricky; artful
    Synonyms: tuso, madaya, mapanlinlang, sukaron

Derived terms
  • suwitikin

Noun

suwitik

  1. swindler; cheat
    Synonyms: manlilinlang, mangagantso, mandaraya

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.
  2. Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1960) History of the Filipino people‎, page 53
  3. “台日大辭典(台譯版)”, in 台語辭典(台日大辭典台語譯本)查詢2019‎, 1932, 編號: 54518, page 675
  4. “台華線頂對照典”, in 台華對應綜合大辭典查詢‎, 2002+, 編號: 71159
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