The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*Runut plant fibers

PMP Runut plant fibers

WMP
Chamorro gunot coconut fiber, from trunk of coconut tree, used especially for straining (coconut toddy) and other liquids
Hanunóo gunut fibers, i.e., the very long stiff black hairs from the sheathing parts of the leafstalks of the sugar palm (Arenga spp.); these hairs are used to make snare ropes and are traded to the coastal Christians, who employ them as thatch for the ridges of house roofs
Palauan suld coconut fiber used for cord (originally used for wiping)
mə-súld wipe off (mouth, nose, private parts, etc.)
Iban runut long black fibres under leaf-butts of palms, esp. Arenga spp.
CMP
Yamdena runut jutelike fibrous material of the coconut tree
tali runut cord of fibre, hence trip-cord of spring-trap