humungu

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qumun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qumun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣumuŋu/

Noun

humungu

1. earth oven

Further reading

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *qumun
• Sarah Elizabeth Byrne, A practice-centred approach to Uneapa Island's archaeology in a long-term context (2008). Oceania (vol. 87, no. 1). Ph.D. dissertation. University College London.