Where does “mawi” come from?

mawi (Mizo) comes from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mǒoy, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(r)əj — to be beautiful, pretty.

mawi (Mizo): beautiful, pretty

Definitions

  1. beautiful, pretty

Ancestry of “mawi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kuki-Chin*mǒoy—
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*m(r)əjto be beautiful, pretty

Words derived from “mawi”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m(r)əj →Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *mǒoy →
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