UMKWU (Krem)
25.187500,92.369400
Description
NOTE 1: kuah (standard Khasi; verb, transitive) or kwah (SINGH, N 1906: 50) to court; to wish for anything (SINGH, N 1906: 50); demand, desiderate, desire (SINGH, N 1920: 114, 118). ka kuar, ka kwar (Khasi; noun) a kind of fish trap, generally put in rapids (SINGH, N 1906: 50). A weir basket. khwoh (Khasi; verb) to pull a thing by means of a hook or claws (SINGH, N 1906: 38).
A collapse doline descends down to a north-east facing cave entrance (2 m to 6 m wide and up to 3 m high) which leads to a relatively low, NNW-SSE trending stream cave passage (on average 6 m wide and 1 m high, 200 m long) draining towards approximate south (on bearings around 180°) and stuffed with secondary calcite formations (speleothems, including rimstone dams) and gour pools. The solitary cave passage leads both upstream and downstrem to apparently impenetrable sumps or, perhaps, to difficult to penetrate bedding plane ducks. ETYMOLOGY: The origin and meaning of the Synteng Khasi (Pnar) cave name »Krem Umkwu« (Kharpran Daly, B D after Kalang Pdang, Lumshnong, 1997.03.01 personal communication) has not been identified (note 1). SITUATION: About 1.5 km in a direct line north-east from the village of Lumshnong and in the unspecified Umsynrem area.
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | UMTYLLU | ||
| 0.2 | UMSO, Mutang (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | DNGIEM, Mutang (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | MUTANG (Cave near) | ||
| 0.3 | UMSO, Thangskai (Krem) | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE (Jarratt 2002.02.08) | ||
| 0.4 | SHYNRANG THLOO, 1st (Krem) | ||
| 0.4 | UMKHLOT (Krem) | ||
| 0.4 | SKEI, Thangskai, 1st (Synrang) |