UMTHLUH SUCUA (or so) (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A spring of water (resurgence), which discharged on 16th January 2015 an estimated 50 litre per second (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss -Tagebuch- Fr. 16.01.2015), issues from a pair of cave entrances (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified characteristics), which both face south and give access to the downstream outlets of an anastomosing cave system that functions as the estuary of a subterranean delta. IDENTITY: Compare with –>Mih Um Cave. ETYMOLOGY: A certain Kyrshiu (note 1) from Lumshnong spelled out the words Umthluh Sucua, which were interpreted as naming the letters that form a Synteng Khasi (Pnar) cave name (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss -Tagebuch- Fr. 16.01.2015). There is, however, a communication error imaginable because Kyrshiu or, perhaps, Kyrsiew etc. (note 2), was especially lettered (note 3) whilst Harald -Harry- Scherzer, a south German dialect speaker from rural Laichingen, achieved not only to neglect how to pronounce Umthluh and Sucua but also to ignor the meaning of these words (note 4). The recorded umthluh is possibly a short version of -um poh thliew- (note 5), one of the Khasi words for a spring of water, but the strange sucua is difficult to interpret (note 5): It may hint to a seasonal spring by combining the Khasi words -sa- (note 7) and -kuwa- (note 8). SITUATION: In an unspecified setting and at an unidentified location near (ignored precision error presumably ±0.0 m) a GPS waypoint (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss) which indicates a spot only 70 m in a direct line approximately NNW (56 m north, -39 m east) and upstream of the likewise disputable GPS position for the –>Mih Um Cave (±100 m 25°10'32”N: 92°25'22”E). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015a: An active streamcave. The known part of the cave passages is, at a first glance, less than an estimated 20 m long, generally small-sized, and the penetration requires clambering and crawling (note 9). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015b: It is a double spring. Only the eastern is penetrable with endurin textile contact. After few metres one reaches a cross-rift with a height of about 3 m. The upper part of the cross rift is likewise narrow but wider than the lower (note 10). CAVE POTENTIAL -- prospects: This spring of water seems to give no obvious access to the lower reaches of Krem Kotsati (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss). the meaning of these words (note 4). The recorded umthluh is possibly a short version of -um poh thliew- (note 5), one of the Khasi words for a spring of water, but the strange sucua is difficult to interpret (note 5): It may hint to a seasonal spring by combining the Khasi words -sa- (note 7) and -kuwa- (note 8). SITUATION: In an unspecified setting and at an unidentified location near (ignored precision error presumably ±0.0 m) a GPS waypoint (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss) which indicates a spot only 70 m in a direct line approximately NNW (56 m north, -39 m east) and upstream of the likewise disputable GPS position for the –>Mih Um Cave (±100 m 25°10'32”N: 92°25'22”E). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015a: An active streamcave. The known part of the cave passages is, at a first glance, less than an estimated 20 m long, generally small-sized, and the penetration requires clambering and crawling (note 9). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015b: It is a double spring. Only the eastern is penetrable with endurin the meaning of these words (note 4). The recorded umthluh is possibly a short version of -um poh thliew- (note 5), one of the Khasi words for a spring of water, but the strange sucua is difficult to interpret (note 5): It may hint to a seasonal spring by combining the Khasi words -sa- (note 7) and -kuwa- (note 8). SITUATION: In an unspecified setting and at an unidentified location near (ignored precision error presumably ±0.0 m) a GPS waypoint (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss) which indicates a spot only 70 m in a direct line approximately NNW (56 m north, -39 m east) and upstream of the likewise disputable GPS position for the –>Mih Um Cave (±100 m 25°10'32”N: 92°25'22”E). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015a: An active streamcave. The known part of the cave passages is, at a first glance, less than an estimated 20 m long, generally small-sized, and the penetration requires clambering and crawling (note 9). CAVE DESCRIPTION 2015b: It is a double spring. Only the eastern is penetrable with endurin textile contact. After few metres one reaches a cross-rift with a height of about 3 m. The upper part of the cross rift is likewise narrow but wider than the lower (note 10). CAVE POTENTIAL -- prospects: This spring of water seems to give no obvious access to the lower reaches of Krem Kotsati (Scherzer, H 2015.04.01 Mss).