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noun, masculine

mananguete

/mananˈɡete/

noun, masculine/mananˈɡete/plural: mananguetes

a person who climbs coconut palm trees and gathers coconuts to collect tuba (toddy palm wine)

Related: mananguetear

From possibly Hiligaynon mananggit, from man- + sanggit (“to seize; to snatch; to take hold of”). See also Cebuano manananggot, Cebuano sanggot (“sickle”), Cebuano kawit.