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divata

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-va-ta
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of nature spirit in the folk religion of the Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano diwata, from Proto-Visayan *diwata, from Malay dewata, from Sanskrit देवता (devatā, “god, deity”). Doublet of devata. The spelling "divata" was influenced by Spanish orthography.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

divatas (plural)

Synonyms

diwata

Questions

What does divata mean?
A kind of nature spirit in the folk religion of the Philippines.
Where does divata come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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