Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A native Polynesian oven. It consists of a hole or pit in the ground containing heated stories, on which the food is placed in baskets. Water is then poured on the stones and the whole covered up to keep in the steam till the food is sufficiently cooked.
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- noun An
earth oven used by theMaori .
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Examples
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PI'I ANA A-ÁMA: _mele_ for the _hula mu'umu'u_ 213
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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BLACK CRABS are climbing: song for the _hula mu'umu'u_ 214
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Hilo Hattie has been designing gorgeous mu'umu'us and aloha shirts for decades.
SFGate: Top News Stories Jeanne Cooper 2011
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Her family said one of Auntie Dottie's last wishes was to be dressed in her favorite white mu'umu'u -- which she was.
KITV.com - Local New 2010
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Photographs by Amanda Marsalis for The Wall Street Journal Vintage Hawaiian:7 Mu'umu'u Heaven.
The New Wave 2010
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mu'umu'u moo oo-MOO oo: a type of dress, often mispronounced as "moo-moo."
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Global Village, "The Coop" by Hawaii Fashion Incubator, Little Sprouts, Melia Conrad swimwear / Ki-ele Jewelry, Mu'umu'u Heaven, Roberta Oaks, Split Obsession, The Blue Buddha, and The Wedding Cafe / Divas Doing Good.
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A city Or towu which has received any pay - be n'umu'd. "lent imdcr the provisions of chapter four hundred and Acts, 1906. —
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It is a detailed narrative of the unimportant Kirbit expedition, which is ascribed to the governor Nur ekalli umu.
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On hearing this he consulted his diviners and wizards, called by them _umu_, who, to please him, gave him hope of a fortunate ending.
History of the Incas Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
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