hangi

/ ˈhʌŋiː /

noun

1. AlsoMāori ovenumu an open-air cooking pit
2. the food cooked in it
3. the social gathering at the resultant meal

Word History and Origins

Origin of hangi¹

Māori

Example Sentences

A bird known locally as Hangi, not met elsewhere in Europe, nests at Filfla.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hangi-Maori, or Maori oven, is nothing but a hole some three feet long by one and a half deep excavated in the earth.

From Project Gutenberg

He flashed his tomahawk in the air; he yelled, "We must have one body—one body to cook in the hangi!"

From Project Gutenberg