කව්පි

In Sri Lanka, කව්පි /kou'pĭ/ (sometimes written කවුපි) is a legume, usually eaten for breakfast. Even though we didn't have it too often at home, I had heard about it at school, and used to wonder what it is called in English.

Recently I found that the English name is 'cowpea' /kou'pē'/ and the Sinhalese name is not really a Sinhalese word, but rather a transliteration (although the length of the last syllable has been reduced)