Where does “Hēumōngmêi” come from?

Hēumōngmêi (Khiamniungan Naga) comes from Khiamniungan Naga hēu — a rivera large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Ancestry of “Hēumōngmêi”, step by step

Hēumōngmêi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khiamniungan Naga hēu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagahēua rivera large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea

via Khiamniungan Naga mōngmêi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khiamniungan Nagamōngmêifree from anger, good hearted
Every word from Khiamniungan Naga hēu