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.
See also umu
2. (noun) cut indication mark - a notch in a tree indicating where it is to be cut down.
Ka haere ki te tua tōtara, ka tae ki te take o te rākau, ka titiro i te imu hei whakahinga (W 1971:76). / Going to fell the tōtara tree, when he reached the base of the tree he looked at the notch indicating where he was to fell it.
