imu

American  

[ee-moo] / ˈi mu /

noun

Hawaii.

1. a usually large, covered cooking pit in which food is cooked by means of heated stones.

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Etymology

Origin of imu

From Hawaiian

Example Sentences

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

Their food was cooked then, as now, by steaming it in an imu or underground oven with heated stones.

From The Hawaiian Islands Their Resources, Agricultural, Commercial and Financial by Hawaii. Dept. of Foreign Affairs

In fear they drew away, but the strange woman smiled and told them to uncover the imu.

From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will

The ai-lolo offering, cooked to a turn--no part raw, no part cracked or scorched--is brought in from the imu, its bearer sprinkled by the guard at the entrance.

From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright

Stepping into the imu she was quickly covered with soil.

From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will