PYN DEN SHLAN (Krem)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A cave entrance without identified shape or size gives access to at least 146.9 m of lengthwise measured cave passages. ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi cave name -Krem Pyn Den Shlan- means something along the lines of a Pandanus-Framed Cave (note 1). The Khasi word ”pyn” is a prefix of many causative verbs (note 2); -den- (verb) means to bund (note 3), and the plant -ka shlan- is a kind of Pandanus (Pandanacea) which has leaves resembling those of a pineapple plant (Bromeliaceae: Ananassa sativa). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above the village of Nongnah (WGS84 N25°16': E091°19'30”: 1020 m asl).A cave entrance without identified shape or size gives access to at least 146.9 m of lengthwise measured cave passages. ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi cave name -Krem Pyn Den Shlan- means something along the lines of a Pandanus-Framed Cave (note 1). The Khasi word ”pyn” is a prefix of many causative verbs (note 2); -den- (verb) means to bund (note 3), and the plant -ka shlan- is a kind of Pandanus (Pandanacea) which has leaves resembling those of a pineapple plant (Bromeliaceae: Ananassa sativa). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere on Lum Iawpaw, the hill above the village of Nongnah (WGS84 N25°16': E091°19'30”: 1020 m asl).