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umu

1. (noun) oven, earth oven.

Kātahi ka tahuna te umu, ka kā te umu, ka whakataona, kātahi ka mauria atu ngā motumotu o te umu rā, huihui ana ngā hau o te rangi (JPS 1927:280). / Then the oven was lit and heated, then the firebrands of the oven were taken away and the winds of the heavens assembled.

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Synonyms: imu, ōmu, oumu

umu tira

1. (noun) microwave oven.

umu pōtaka

1. (noun) sacred oven for cooking food for fighting men.

Ko te umu pōtaka mō te arero whero tēnā, me te ati ā-toa (W 1971:19). / That is the sacred oven for the fighting men and the young men after their first battle.

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umu pokapoka a Tūmatauenga

1. (noun) fiery ovens of Tūmatauenga - used to refer to the marae as being the realm of Tūmatauenga, the atua of war. A provocative and aggressive approach can be taken by speakers on the marae.

Mehemea au i te kōrero i runga i te marae, tapu, tapu ake nei ngā kōrero, he tino tapu nei ngā kōrero, ka wareware ake i a koe te reo kaipaipa noa iho, te reo kōrero noa iho, te ao noa nei, ka tīkina e koe ko ngā kōrero ātaahua, ko ngā kōrero tapu, ka taea hoki e koe te whiu i tēnei mea i te kōrero i runga i te marae, i te mea ko te whakataukī hoki o tēnei mea o te marae, ki a Ngāi Tūhoe, ko te umu pokapoka (Pou Temara in Rewi 2005:72). / If I am speaking on the marae the talk is tapu, very tapu, and you must forget colloquial everyday language and you should strive for beautiful tapu language to present on the marae because, according Ngāi Tūhoe, the proverbial saying about this practice on the marae is that it is the fiery ovens.

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Te umu tao roa a Tahu

1. A figurative expression for the kitchen of a marae.

The long cooking oven of Tahu. /

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pīnohinohi

1. (verb) (-a) to place hot stones on food (in an umu).

Pīnohinohia tā tātou poaka (W 1971:281). / Place hot stones on our pork.

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