imu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of imu
From Hawaiian
Example Sentences
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Cooke dug the requisite hole in the ground for an imu, or underground oven, to roast the kalua pig, as is tradition.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
The great heat of the fire in the imu withered the little life which was still left from the famine.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
She commanded her people to make a great imu for her in the hill Puu Honu.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
Thus on the third day from the disappearance of Hina Keahi those gathered about the imu saw a strange woman approaching from the direction of the sea.
From Legends of the Wailuku by Will Herwig
The waves of heat raged around her as she sank down through the stones of the imu into the underground paths which belonged to the spirit world.
From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by W. D. Westervelt
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