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1a

The bark of a plant, tree, arrow-grass cane, bilāu; the thin outer skin, āgut 1, of the following plants and trees: batē'el, damuy, gutgutu, hū'a, laphi, lungi2, pālengwah.

ginūdah

āgut 1

1b

For someone (agent muɴ-) to strip bark (theme) from a cane, plant, tree, (loc ref -an), with a bolo (inst i-, paN-).

Firewood is stripped of bark to allow it to burn more intensely.

pangūdah

Matadom han hanggap an pangūdah Limmid.

Limmid's bolo which he is using to strip (the tree) of bark, is sharp.

Trees are stripped of bark with a bolo; a knife or bolo is used to strip the thin bark of arrow-grass canes, bilāu.

āgut 2 ludlud wehweh

2

Bark fiber, spun, lūbid, to make cord, linūbid.

Maphod nan gūdah di amo'ol hi milūbid ti mumpāha'.

The bark fiber of the amo'ol tree is good for spinning because it is white.

The bark of certain trees, bushes and vines is first stripped off, gūdah 1b and the outer bark is then removed, āgut, ugtap, leaving the bark fiber. For a list of lexical items describing the process of preparing bark fiber, see Appendix 27, Spinning and Weaving. For a list of trees, bushes and vines from which fiber is secured and the use of the fiber, see table under linūbid.

ginūdah

Stripped bark.