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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, borrowed from Old French bescuit. Doublet of biskotso.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: bis‧ku‧wit
- IPA(key): /biskuˈit/
Noun
biskuwít
- biscuit
- cracker (crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury)
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English biscuit, from earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”). Doublet of biskotso.
Pronunciation
Noun
biskuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)
- biscuit; cracker
- Synonym: kraker
1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa at iba pang kuwento:Ipinatong ng marurusing na bata ang kanilang mga baba sa gilid ng mesa, inamoy ang mga kukis at biskuwit, nagkakahiyaang nagtinginan at nagngitian.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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