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1. ava, n. View full entry 1831
...In the islands of the Pacific: a species of Cordyline from which an intoxicating liquor is made; the liquor itself; (gen.) any intoxicating spirit....
2. caddy, n.1 View full entry 1792
...A small box for holding tea. Usually tea-caddy....
3. faamafu, n. View full entry 1934
...In Samoa, home-brewed liquor....
4. gado-gado, n. View full entry 1924
...In Indonesian cookery: a salad of raw and cooked vegetables in a spicy peanut sauce, often with fried tofu or tempeh and hard-boiled eggs....
5. hangi, n. View full entry 1861
...A Maori earth-oven in which food is placed on heated stones....
6. Hokonui, n. View full entry 1947
...= moonshine4....
7. imu, n. View full entry 1928
...‘In the Hawaiian islands, a pit used for baking meat or vegetables by means of heated stones’ (Cent. Dict. Suppl., 1909)....
8. Japan, n. View full entry 1577
...The name of an island nation (formerly an empire) situated off the east coast of Asia....
9. kava, n. View full entry 1817
...An intoxicating beverage prepared from the macerated (chewed, grated, or pounded) roots of the Polynesian shrub Piper methysticum or Macropiper latifolium (family Piperaceæ). Also, this plant,...
10. kohua, n. View full entry 1843
...A Maori oven....
11. kretek, n. View full entry 1958
...In Java, a cigarette containing cloves....
12. laulau, n. View full entry 1940
...A portion of a Hawaiian dish of meat and fish wrapped in leaves and steamed or baked (see quots.). Also, this cover of leaves....
13. luau, n. View full entry 1843
...A party or feast with Hawaiian food and usually accompanied by Hawaiian entertainment; also attrib....
14. nasi, n. View full entry 1853
...In Malaysian and Indonesian cookery: cooked rice. Cf. nasi beryani, nasi goreng, nasi Padang...
15. nasi beryani, n. View full entry 1963
...In Malaysian and Indonesian cookery: a type of pilau....
16. nasi goreng, n. View full entry 1924
...In Malaysian and Indonesian cookery: a dish of savoury fried rice with a variety of ingredients including meat (occas. also fish) and a sliced omelette or fried egg....
17. nasi Padang, n. View full entry 1971
...In Malaysian and Indonesian cookery: a meal consisting of a main dish of rice served with various (esp. curried) side dishes of fish, meat, vegetables, etc....
18. nipa, n. View full entry 1588
...An alcoholic drink obtained from the sap of the nipa palm (see sense 2). Also nipa wine....
19. Nonya, n. View full entry 1855
...In the Malaysian and Indonesian region: a woman, esp. one of Chinese, Chinese and Malay, or other mixed descent; a Peranakan woman. Cf. Peranakan; cf. also Baba...
20. pahit, n. View full entry 1902
...In South-East Asia: a drink of gin and bitters. Also gin pahit....
