umu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "umu"

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Munsee with u as a placeholder, or from Munsee mŭnúsunk with m and u interchanged.

Symbol

umu

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Munsee.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Munsee terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori umu.[1] Doublet of imu.

Noun

umu (plural umus)

  1. An earth oven used in New Zealand, Samoa, and other Pacific islands, consisting of a hole dug in the ground and lined with heated stones.

References

  1. ^ “umu, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈumu]

Noun

umu m inan

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of um
    Synonym: (locative) umě

Japanese

Romanization

umu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うむ

Maori

Noun

umu

  1. oven

Samoan

Noun

umu

  1. oven

Tat

Etymology

Cognate with Persian ما (mâ).

Pronoun

umu

  1. we

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈu.mu]
  • Hyphenation: u‧mu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *umu. Cognates include East Futuna umu and Tuvaluan umu.

Noun

umu

  1. titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *qumu. Cognates include Hawaiian imu and Samoan umu.

Noun

umu

  1. oven
  2. cooking house
Derived terms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 47
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