Khasi
Americannoun
plural
Khasis,plural
Khasi-
a traditionally matrilineal Indigenous people of Meghalaya in northeastern India, now also residing in Assam and in parts of Bangladesh.
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the Austroasiatic language of the Khasi.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Khasi
First recorded in 1780–90; from Khasi, a self-designation
Example Sentences
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He practices the Khasi faith and his wife is Christian.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
The local Khasi name for the betting is “tim,” derived from the English word team.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023
At the opposite end of the technology scale are the sustainable footbridges made by the Khasi people from living, natural resources in the gorges of Meghalaya, north-west India.
From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2018
He studied competitiveness in women and girls in two isolated, and wildly different cultures: the patriarchal Maasai tribe of Tanzania, and the matrilineal Khasi tribe in India.
From The Verge • Aug. 16, 2017
To marry within the clan is the greatest sin a Khasi can commit.
From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
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