awene traditional stone oven

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	awene
Tanema Equivalent	pavene
Lovono Equivalent	epene

• • traditional stone oven

  • • Example 294:
      

      Li-mali iawo ne lema awene, semame añaña longe.

      We light a fire inside the stone oven, using small bits of firewood.

    • Example 295:
      

      Emel' iote i-le i-wowo revo i-ka i-sabisi se awene.

      A woman went to draw saltwater, and brought it back to pour it above the oven.

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  • awene traditional stone oven
  • visiboko stones used in the traditional oven (awene) for cooking and baking food
  • iawo fire
  • ~avi pick ‹s.th.›, pick up, espec. by pinching it between o.'s fingers, or holding it with tongs
  • aviro tongs, esp. long wooden tongs used to manipulate the hot stones of the oven (awene) while cooking
  • iunubo portion ‹of food› / parcel ‹of grated food›, packed inside a leaf, and baked (~vai) in the oven
  • mama² k.o. traditional pudding, made of taros (jebute) and Canarium almonds (vongoro), and served in important social occasions
  • vekai k.o. pudding made of taros (jebute) and almonds (vongoro), always presented in a long shape, and served on long Heliconia leaves (lukilo vekai) during public celebrations
  • ~vai bake ‹food›, cook in the stone oven (awene)
  • ~tau burn ‹s.th.› / burn ‹land›, set fire to the ground – a slash-and-burn technique to prepare a garden for planting / cook ‹food› / burn ‹s.o.›, cause a sensation of burning; irritate, sting
  • ~apinu cook, prepare dinner
  • motoe raw, uncooked / new
  • moioe cooked, done
  • none² food / meal, dinner; esp. collective meal, feast