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Toddy-gatherer, tubâ-collector, one whose daily business is to climb a number of coconut palms and to collect the palm-wine. (see tubéro-a seller of, dealer in, tubá).

(H) A beater, hammer, knocker, stick, anything to strike a gong with, beat a drum with, or the like. Palatík sang bómbo. Drum-stick. Palatík sang mananggíti. The piece of split bamboo used by toddy-gatherers for scraping clean their toddy-receptacles. (After the cleaning of the "salúd" the "palatík" is struck several times against the coconut palm in order to rid it of the adhering dregs; hence the name). (see patík).

Freq. of sánggot. To use-, apply-, a "sánggot"; to be a-toddy-gatherer,-toddy-collector,-mananggíti.

(From tubâ and the Sp. suffix -ero) A seller or vender of-, a dealer in-, palmwine (toddy). (see mananggíti-a collector or gatherer of palmwine).