Maori word, signifying a native oven.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.p. 75:
«The tangi had terminated; the umu or `cooking holes' weresmoking away for the feast.»
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika, a Maui,' p. 389:
«The native oven (umu hangi) is a circular hole of about twofeet in diameter and from six to twelve inches deep.»
1872. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' vol. v.p. 96:
«. . . being all in and around the umus (or nativeovens) in which they had been cooked.»
1882. S. Locke, `Traditions of Taupo,' `Transactions of theNew Zealand Institute,' vol. xv. art. liv. p. 440:
«They killed Kurimanga the priest and cooked him in an oven,from which circumstance the place is called Umu-Kuri.»
1889. S. P. Smith, `Transactions of the New ZealandInstitute,' vol. xxii. p. 98:
«An oven of stones, exactly like a Maori umu or hangi.»
1893. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxvi.p. 432:
«The oumu or haangi, in which food was cooked, was onlya hole scooped in the ground, of a size proportioned to thatwhich was to be cooked.»