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'''Mizo honorifics''' are a function of the [[Mizo language]]. As Mizo is a classifier language, it has honorifics for gender and numerals.{{sfn|Kumar|Lahiri|Saha|Shekhar|1 September 2011|p=4}}<br />
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''Pa'' is a honorific referring to father or male.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mizo Structure: Structure of the language |url=http://lisindia.ciil.org/Mizo/Mizo_struct.html |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Central Institute of Indian Languages}}</ref> ''Pa'' is used to denote masculinity. For example ''Zirtirtu-pa'' refers to a male teacher. ''Nu'' is the honorific for mother or femininity. For example ''Zirtirtu-nu'' refers to a female teacher.{{sfn|Kumar|Lahiri|Saha|Shekhar|1 September 2011|p=4}} Pa would also be used as a hypocorism, for taking on their child's name. In which case, the parent would gain an honorific. A famous example is [[Vana Pa]] (Father of Vana).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vungliana |first=Mordekai V. |date=2017-06-22 |title=Vanapa hun hnuhnung leh than bihchianna |trans-title=Critical study of Vanapa's last days and tomb |url=https://www.vanglaini.org/article/73228?date=2017-06-22 |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Vanglaini |language=Mizo}}</ref><br />
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'''Pu''' is a Mizo honorific for men. The honorific for women is known as ''Pi''.{{sfn|Rajshekhar|2021|loc=Chapter 1:The State that could not pay salaries}} The compounded phrase ''pi leh pu'' itself refers to ancestors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lalneihliana |date=2017-10-05 |title=Kan hming phuah/ sak dan leh ziah dan hi |trans-title=Our systems of writing and creating names |url=https://www.vanglaini.org/article/80527?date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Vanglaini |language=Mizo}}</ref> The honorific can be used in variety of contexts. For example it can be appended as a form of respect towards elders or respected persons.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chhangte |first=Lalnunthangi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJ91NwAACAAJ |title=A Preliminary Grammar of the Mizo Language |date=1986 |publisher=University of Texas at Arlington |pages=80–83 |language=en |oclc=17473784}}</ref> The exception of this honorific is Pi Hmuaki, a poet whose name is synonymous with her honorific rather than Hmuaki.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Biswas |first1=Debajyoti |last2=Pramanik |first2=Pratyusha |last5=Senior Research Fellow; Department of Humanistic Studies, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, India |date=2022-06-07 |title=Resistance and Ungendering: Poetry of Mona Zote and Monalisa Changkija |url=https://rupkatha.com/v14n2ne08/ |journal=Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.21659/rupkatha.v14n2.ne08|url-access=subscription |doi-access=free }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Mizo name]]<br />
*[[Mizo alphabet]]<br />
*[[Pu (disambiguation)]]<br />
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*{{cite conference |last1=Kumar |first1=Ritesh| last2=Lahiri|first2=Bornini|last3=Saha|first3=Atanu|last4=Shekhar|first4=Sedhanshu |date=1 September 2011 |title=Semantics of classifiers in some Indian Languages |url=https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/5tu2h_v1 |work=Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University |conference=Proceedings of the Third Students' Conference of Linguistics in India |location=New Delhi |publisher=SocArXic Papers |access-date=27 May 2025}}<br />
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*{{cite book |last1=Rakshekhar |first1=M. |title=Despite the State: Why India lets its people down and how they cope |date=2021 |publisher=Context, Westland Publications |location=Chennai |isbn=9789395073417 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5NoUEQAAQBAJ |access-date=27 May 2025}}<br />
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