Mishmi

British  

/ ˈmɪʃmɪ /

noun

1. a member of a Mongoloid hill people of the Brahmaputra area of NE India

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan family

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adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their language

Example Sentences

Already, communities like the Todas, the Phasepardhis, and the Idu Mishmi people are protecting grasslands in India through collective action and local stewardship.

From Scientific American • Mar. 3, 2023

HABITAT.—The hilly tracts east of the Brahmaputra, at the head of the Assam valley, the Mishmi hills, in hill Tipperah, Chittagong, and then southwards through Burmah to the hills bordering on the Koladyne river.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

The difference the professor points out, namely the fulvous colour and the thinner undeveloped horns, exist in various specimens of the Mishmi takin, and there can be no question but that the animals are identical.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

While at Sadya a Mishmi chief pointed me out various spurs of the Himalayas, tantalisingly close, where he stated that he had hunted the animal.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage