Dave:
The term sanggot is Cebuano. I do not know the ethnic origin of tuba, but it is likely different. This is common in the Philippines where the same knife has a number of different names, even within the same dialect.
Incidentally, the last part of the tag on your knife reads "Philippine Is." standing for Philippinne Islands, which was their name during the US colonial period in the first half of the 20th C.
I have another example of this knife that has a talibon style hilt indicating an eastern Visayan origin. I have no idea what it might be called in Warai. Will post pictures shortly.
Ian.
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