buaipui

Mizo

Etymology

From buai (“busy”) +‎ -pui (augmentative suffix).

Adjective

buaipui

1. very busy
   • Zalen, "Drop Doubt-in 'Khawngaihna' music video buaipui mek [Drop Doubt quite busy with 'Khawngaihna' music video]", 11 October 2025

     Mizo gospel progressive rock band ropui, Drop Doubt chuan rimawi thar an nei dawn a, an buaipui mek e.

     The great Mizo gospel progressive rock band Drop Doubt is about to have [some] new music [out], and they are very busy.

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “buai-pui”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society