umu

cooking pit, a.k.a. Polynesian oven (shallow pit dug in the ground, in which food is cooked over heated stones); the food cooked in such a pit for a meal, dinner, or banquet.

umu pae, permanent cooking pit, in a stone enclosure;

umu paepae, permanent cooking pit with straw cover for protection from rain and wind;

umu keri okaoka, temporary cooking pit without stone enclosure;

umu ava, very large temporary cooking pit, made for feasts;

umu takapú, exclusive banquet, reserved for certain groups of persons, for instance, the relatives of a deceased family member;

umu tahu, daily meals for hired workers;

umu parehaoga, inaugural banquet (made on occasion of a communal enterprise or feastival).

umu ra'e, banquet for fifth or sixth month of pregnancy.

umu pâpaku, banquet on occasion the death of a family member.