Protoform: QUMU.1A [MP] Earth oven

Description: Earth oven
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*4 POC *qumun "oven made with hot stones; cook in an earth oven (Chowning 1994, Lichtenberk 1994) (LPO I:59,148).
*5 PMP *qumun "earth oven" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Umu Earth oven (Yen)
East Futuna ʔUmu Earth oven, food so cooked (Mfr)
East Uvea ʔUmu Vivres cuite au four traditionel (Rch)
Easter Island ʔUmu Horno de cocina nativo; curanto, alimento cocido en el horno. Cookhouse; stove (Wbr). (Bxn)
Easter Island Umu Earth oven (Fts)
Emae Umu Earth oven (Cpl)
Hawaiian Umu Oven, furnace (Pki)
Hawaiian Imu Underground oven, food cooked in such (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Umu Earth oven (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Imu Oven (under ground); cook house (Lbr)
Luangiua Umu Earth oven (Smd)
Mangareva Umu Earth oven. Four, réchaud, fourneau (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Umu Oven (Krk)
Marquesas Umu Four, fournaise, fournée. Punition, correction, châtiment; vengeance, rancune (Lch). (Dln)
Moriori Umu Oven (Shd)
Namakir ʔIm Oven (Sph)
New Zealand Maori Umu Earth oven; scarf in felling large trees; in the stone age a fire was kindled in the scarf to assist the process (Bgs)
New Zealand Maori Imu Earth oven; scarf in felling tree (Bgs)
Nggela Umu Earth oven (Fox)
Niuafoʔou Koga/umu Oven (Cct)
Niuafoʔou ʔUmu Earth oven (Tmo)
Niue Umu Earth oven; oven-cooked food (Sph)
Nuguria Imu Earth oven (Tok Pisin mumu) (Dvl)
Nukuoro Umu Oven, cookhouse (Crl)
Penrhyn Umu Earth oven (Sta)
Pukapuka Imu Oven (Bge)
Raʔivavae (ʔ)Umu Oven (Zpn)
Rapa Umu Oven (Sks) (Sks)
Rarotongan Umu Oven (Bse)
Rennellese ʔUmu Earth oven; saucepan (Ebt)
Saʔa Umu Earth oven (Ivs)
Samoan Umu Oven, food cooked in oven (Prt)
Sikaiana Umu Earth oven; mound of earth, especially for planting root crops (Dnr)
Tahitian Umu Réchaud, fourneau, four (actuellement se dit surtout des fours construits au-dessus du sol à l'exception du umu tii). The native oven for baking food (Dvs). (Lmt)
Takuu Umu Earth oven, consisting of a shallow pit filled with coral pieces (Mle)
Tikopia Umu Earth-oven (Fth)
Tokelau Umu Oven; cooking house (Sma)
Tongan ʔUmu Oven, food cooked in oven (Cwd)
Tongan Oomoo Victuals dressed under ground, or baked (Mar)
Tuamotu Umu Oven (Obs.) (Stn)
Tuvalu Umu Oven (in earth) (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Umu, imu [TAU] Earth oven (Hvn)
West Futuna Umu Earth oven (Dty)
West Futuna Mu Cooking place (Cpl)
West Uvea Umu Four de pierres (Hmn)

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