duwende

Borrowed from Tagalog duwende, from Spanish duende (“goblin, elf”). Doublet of duende.

duwende (plural duwendes)

1. A kind of dwarf or goblin in Filipino folklore.

• dawende
• dewende

Borrowed from Spanish duende, from Old Spanish duen de casa or dueño de la casa (“master of the house”).

• Hyphenation: du‧wen‧de

duwende

1. duende
2. (by extension) elf
3. (by extension) gnome
4. (by extension) dwarf
5. (offensive) dwarf (little person)
6. spy

• dwende — nonstandard
• duende
• duwinde
• ruwinri — dialectal, Rizal, rare

Borrowed from Spanish duende.

• IPA^(key): /duˈende/, [ˈdwɛn.dɛ]
• Hyphenation: du‧wen‧de

duwende (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. (folklore) duende
2. (folklore, by extension) goblin
3. (folklore, by extension) dwarf

   Synonym: manikin

• duwendehin

• duwendesilyo
• duwendesito

• → English: duwende

• nuno

• “duwende”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018