CHIHPRIT, Thetja (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a cave. ETYMOLOGY: The meaning and origin of the Garo or Khasi cave name Krem Chihprit (note 1) has not yet been discovered but there are no Khasi words like -chi- or -chih- whilst the Garo -chi- (noun) is the word for water (MASON, M C 1905: 185) and -ka pirit- (Khasi / Bengali, Hindi etc. loan word; noun) signifies a kind of small porcelain plate; a saucer (SINGH, N 1906: 160). SITUATION: At an unidentified location in an unspecified setting associated with something Thetja (note 2) somewhere in the vicinity of Amarsang (note 3) or Pormawdar (note 4).An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a cave. ETYMOLOGY: The meaning and origin of the Garo or Khasi cave name Krem Chihprit (note 1) has not yet been discovered but there are no Khasi words like -chi- or -chih- whilst the Garo -chi- (noun) is the word for water (MASON, M C 1905: 185) and -ka pirit- (Khasi / Bengali, Hindi etc. loan word; noun) signifies a kind of small porcelain plate; a saucer (SINGH, N 1906: 160). SITUATION: At an unidentified location in an unspecified setting associated with something Thetja (note 2) somewhere in the vicinity of Amarsang (note 3) or Pormawdar (note 4).