earth oven - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

hāngī

1. (noun) hāngī, earth oven - earth oven to cook food with steam and heat from heated stones. Also as hāngi.

I muri iho i tēnei ka utaina he manga rākau kokonati ki runga i te hāngī (TP 8/1902:7). / After this branches from the coconut tree are loaded onto the hāngī.

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2. (noun) food cooked in an earth oven.

Kei te mahi tonu te iwi i ngā waiata me ngā haka, kei te whāngai tonu i te manuhiri ki te hāngī (Te Ara 2015). / The tribe continues to perform songs and dances, and to feed visitors with food cooked in an earth oven.

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hopī

1. (noun) earth oven.

E kongange ana te hopī (W 1971:59). / The earth oven is ablaze.

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tapī

1. (noun) earth oven.

E noho mai rā, tē nekeneke mai i te taha o taku tapī (M 2006:528). / Just sitting there not moving from beside my earth oven.

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imu

1. (noun) oven, earth oven.

Ko ngā hua o te tawa ka kohia, ka taopakatia ki te imu (W 1971:381). / The tawa berries were collected and cooked for a long time in the oven.

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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