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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They follow the pantheistic Seng Khasi religion, which holds that God exists in everyone and everything.
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
Watson walked the living tree-root bridges that can withstand adverse weather better than any human-made structure, and that allow the Khasi hill tribe in Northern India to travel between villages during the monsoon floods.
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2020
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
One of them transformed herself into the likeness of a Khasi maiden and came to live with mankind, where she became the ancestress of a race of chiefs.
From Folk-Tales of the Khasis by Rafy, K. U.
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