umukuka

Samoan

Noun

umukuka

1. hut for the oven

Tokelauan

Te umukuka.

Etymology

From umu (“cooking house”) +‎ kuka (“to cook”). Akin to Samoan umukuka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈu.mu ˈku.ka]
• Hyphenation: u‧mu‧ku‧ka

Noun

umukuka

1. kitchen

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 47