The thin outer skin of the following plants and trees: batē'el, damuy, gutgutu, hū'a, laphi, lungi2, pālengwah; peeled off in preparation for spinning the fibers into thread.
For someone (agent muɴ-; s agent maN-) to peel off the thin outer skin (theme) from the bark, gūdah 1a, of plants (loc ref -an) with a knife (inst i-, paN-), as described above in preparation for spinning the fibers into thread. The outer layer of alīnaw bark is skinned off to prepare the inner fibers for weaving. The outer layer of bāhug or buyū'an bark is skinned off to prepare the bark for walling or a mat.