MULIEH, Mynkre, 1st (Krem)

(Khliehriat - IN)
25.241700,92.404200
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

The visible entrance area of a daylight-lit pothole (an estimated 2.5 by 4 m wide and 30 m deep) at the southern rim of a funnel shaped doline (about 40 m wide, 15 m deep) would need tackle to be entered by expedition cavers but only if they are not only willing to enter but also inclined to leave the hole. ETYMOLOGY: The Synteng Khasi (Pnar) "mu lieh" combines the noun "u mu" (note 1) either with the adjective "[ba] lieh" (note 2), white (coloured), or with the contracted "ka 'lieh" (noun), an abbreviation of the word "ka khlieh" (note 3) for a head or the top, as "u 'lieh-pathaw" (literally: squash gourd head) signifies »a blockhead, a dunce« (SINGH, N 1920: 48). SITUATION: In an unidentified setting above the northern (orographically left) bank of the Mynkre (Mynkrei?, scattered river), about 3 km approximately east of the Jowai - Sonapur road (NH44), and beyond the village Nongsning (25°14'10”N: 92°23'302”E), which itself lies about 2 km ENE from the village of Mynkre. APPROACH: The approximate vicinity of the first Krem Mulieh associated with Mynkre is reached by taking what had been in spring 1998 a jeepable road skirting the village Nongsning on the northern side, and later, near a certain »the first hill« (no name mentioned), by following a track into an unidentified direction which once, though only for a very short time, was on one or the other »right hand side« of a self-centred person who faced an unknown direction. Continue walking eastwards (or circa 080° from Nongsning) along what had been in spring 1998 a non-jeepable track towards a hillock, which had been deforested in spring 1998.

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

NOTE 1: "u mu" (SINGH, N 1906: 132) or "u mo" (SINGH, N 1906: 132) and "u moo" (MOHRMEN, H H 2012.07.30) are Synteng Khasi variants of the standard Khasi "u maw" (SINGH, N 1906: 130; GURDON, P R T 1906: 201; SINGH, N 1920: 498; BLAH, E 2007: 288) or "u mau" (YULE, H 1844: 619; OLDHAM, T 1859 appndix C: lxi) or »a stone« (noun). NOTE 2: "ba lieh" (Khasi; adjective) is also found spelled ”ba lih” (OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984 appendix C: lxiii; SINGH, N 1920: 101), ”balieh” (BLAH, E 2007: 332) or ”ba li” (BAZELY, P J 1992, 2: 80) and means not only »white [coloured]« (SINGH, N 1906: 117; SINGH, N 1920: 591) in the sense of ”kaba lieh jong ka phyllong” (SINGH, N 1920: 591) = »what is white [coloured] like an egg« (hdg 2013.05.28) but also has been interpreted as »silvery« (BAZELY, P J 1992, 2: 80). NOTE 3: "ka khlieh" (Khasi; noun), binomial imitative: ”ka khlieh ka reng” (SINGH, N 1906: 33) is also found spelled ”ka khleh” (OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984 appendix C: lxi) or ”ka khlih” (SINGH, N 1920: 22, 56, 122, 133, 141, 369) and has not only been translated as »the head« (SINGH, N 1906: 33; SINGH, N 1920: 215; BLAH, E 2007: 127) and »the top« (SINGH, N 1906: 33; SINGH, N 1920: 532; BLAH, E 2007: 310) but also as »a cap« (SINGH, N 1920: 59). NOTE 4: The Synteng Khasi (Pnar) "ka myn" (noun), generally pronounced ”ka myng” (SINGH, N 1906: 135), is the word for »a river« (SINGH, N 1906: 135) as in ”mynkhen for umkheng” (SINGH, N 1906: 135), but the standard Khasi prefix "myn" signifies »a doer« (SINGH, N 1906: 135), as ”myn" + "tuh" (to steal) forms the word "u mynhu" (noun) for »the thief« (SINGH, N 1906: 135). "krei" (Khasi; transitive verb) »to scatter« (SINGH, N 1906: 46; SINGH, N 1920: 455); »to bestrew« (SINGH, N 1920: 44).

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998.03.06: Wikyn Lyngdoh, a teacher at Thangskai, guided B. D. Kharpran Daly, Simon J. Brooks and R. Frank to the entrance of »Krem Moolieh« (Brian Dermot Kharpran Daly 1998.03.06 personal communication with Wikyn Lyngdoh, a teacher at Thangskai). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/04/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1MULIEH, Mynkre, 2nd (Krem)
1.3KHLIEH WAH SHYRTONG (Krem)
1.9UM IM, Mynkre (Krem)
2.4MOORIA (Thloo)
2.8URDULA CAVE
2.8AA CAVE, Lumshnong (Lindenmayr) 10
2.8AA CAVE, Lumshnong (Lindenmayr) 11
2.8AA CAVE, Lumshnong (Lindenmayr) 12
2.8AA CAVE, Lumshnong (Lindenmayr) 13