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

The men toiled rapidly, placing the imu mats over their chiefess and throwing the dirt back into the oven until it was all thoroughly covered and the smoke was quenched.

From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.

All morning the people watched for signs from the imu.

From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will

She ordered an immense imu to be dug in her own hill, Puu Honu.

From Legends of the Wailuku by Herwig, Will

Then came the days of digging out the hill and making a great imu or cooking oven and preparing it with stones and wood.

From Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina by Westervelt, W. D.