diwata
Meanings
noun
- In Filipino folklore, a fairy, spirit, usually a lesser god or goddess, believed to guard natural features such as forests.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano diwata, from Proto-Visayan *diwata, from Malay dewata, from Sanskrit देवता (devatā, “god, deity”).
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