Where does “bepui” come from?

bepui (Mizo) comes from Mizo -pui, from Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy.

bepui (Mizo): hyacinth bean (genus Lablab)

Definitions

  1. hyacinth bean (genus Lablab)

Ancestry of “bepui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizo-puiAugmentative suffix
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*puy—

Words derived from “bepui”

Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy →Every word from Mizo -pui →