Matigsalug Manobo Vernacular Lexicon

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patil
/patil/
v_rt.
“tree_hut”
 
n.
for a small storage house for rice (impatil, iN-) to be built high up on a tree. The tree has been chopped off up high - i.e., it has no upper branches or leaves.
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R
 
n.
a tripod
Cult. Placed in the middle of the river at the entrance to a village. It has a rock on top to keep it from being carried away by the water.
Eng. tripod
OCM: Construction (331)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,QDL
Last updated: 13/Oct/2009