Where does “bepui pawr” come from?

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

bepui pawr (Mizo): winged bean

Definitions

  1. winged bean

Ancestry of “bepui pawr”, step by step

bepui pawr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Mizo bepui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizobepuihyacinth bean (genus Lablab)
2Mizo-puiAugmentative suffix
3Proto-Kuki-Chin*puy—

via Mizo pawr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizopawr—
Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy →Every word from Mizo -pui →Every word from Mizo bepui →