bokit

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

See also

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boˈkit/

Etymology 1

From English bucket.[1]

Noun

bokit

  1. bucket

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bokit

  1. bokit

References
  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
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