"Diwata" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO

diwata TAGALOG
Definition:

diwata
Definition: (noun) goddess

diwata HILIGAYNON
Definition:

diwáta - Idol, idolatry, fetish, fetishism; to
serve idols, practise idolatry, worship a
fetish. Indì ka magdiwáta. Don’t serve
idols, don’t practise idolatry. (cf. diósdíos).

diwata CEBUANO
Definition:

diwáta n {1} k.
o.
supernatural beings that are associated with certain places, esp.
trees.
{2} ceremony of o?
ering food cooked with no salt to spirits to insure harvest, give thanks, diagnose an illness.
v [A; b(1)] perform a diwáta ceremony.
Diwatáhi ang lugar únà tarúkig balay, Make an o?
ering before you construct the house.
Sakit nga gidiwatáhan, A sickness for which the diwáta ceremony was performed.
diwatahan n {1} medium who performs the diwáta ceremony.
{2} one who believes in diwáta and the diwáta ceremony.
diwatíru = diwatahan, 1.

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The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded waitress in her early twenties, dressed in a pink uniform with her hair tied up on her freckled neck. She was obviously tired, but she was polite and smiled at me when she took my order, and I felt a sense of guilt, almost shame, at my susceptibility and easy fondness for a young woman's smile. Because if you're forty-nine and unmarried or a widower or if you've simply chosen to live alone, you're easily flattered by a young woman's seeming attention to you, and you forget that it is often simply a deference to your age.

James Lee Burke, Black Cherry Blues

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anito HILIGAYNON

aníto - Superstitious practices, ceremonies and sacrifices; to make use of or perform superstitious rites. Indì ka magpáti sináng mga …

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baylan CEBUANO

baylan n a person supposed to have close and friendly relation-ships with supernatural beings, evil or good, such that he …

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butas CEBUANO

bútas n ceremony similar to the diwáta where unsalted food is o? ered to the spirits to insure good harvest, …

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dulut CEBUANO

dúlut v [A; c] {1} serve food to visitors. Taglakin-an ang magdú-lut sa bangkíti, The relatives of the bridegroom will …

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