Where does “thlipui” come from?

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

thlipui (Mizo): storm

Definitions

  1. storm

Ancestry of “thlipui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mizo-puiAugmentative suffix
2Proto-Kuki-Chin*puy—
Every word from Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy →Every word from Mizo -pui →
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