The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value gunut

Language:
Hanunóo
Parameter:
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 [4853e5036369bbea12f6a5901b7ccb53]
References
Conklin 1953