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bokit

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See also: Bokit

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Antillean Creole. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bokit (plural bokits)

  1. A kind of Guadeloupean sandwich fried in a saucepan with hot sunflower oil.
    • 2019, Jérome Camal, “Touristic rhythms: the club remix”, in Jocelyne Guilbault, Timothy Rommen, editors, Sounds of Vacation:
      I wanted to be different from you, from the other guests vacationing on this island. I know the shortcuts and the best place to get a bokit.

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Haitian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From English bucket.[1]

Noun

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bokit

  1. bucket

Etymology 2

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Haitian Creole Wikipedia has an article on:
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bokit

  1. bokit

References

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  1. ^ Jacques L. Bonefant (2011) “History of Haitian-Creole: From Pidgin to Lingua Franca and English Influence on the Language”, in Review of Higher Education and Learning, volume 4, number 11, page 31