vaimîm
Mizo
Etymology
From
vai
(
“
foreigner
”
)
+
mîm
(
“
Job's tears
”
)
; maize originally came from North America.
Noun
vaimîm
maize
,
corn
(
Zea mays
)
Further reading
Lorrain, J. Herbert
(
1940
), “
vai-mim
”, in
Dictionary of the Lushai language
, Calcutta: Asiatic Society