HATI (Synrang)
25.194400,92.379200
Description
An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an unspecified cave (Spindro Dkhar, Lumshnong, 1996 personal communication). ETYMOLOGY: The Khasi "Synrang Hati" or »Elephant Shelter« (note 1) signifies a place giving elephants temporary protection from bad weather, danger, collapsing skies and the rest. There have existed and, in cases, probably still do exist experts who, without ever having been anywhere close to this or any other similar site called Synrang HatI, interprete each and every occurrence of a "Synrang Hati" as an »Elephant Rock Shelter« (note 2). SITUATION: Unknown. Allegedly somewhere in the vicinity of Wahjajer (note 3), a village situated north of the road from Shillong to Jowai PROSPECTS 2002: Some of the best caves of the known world have entrance passages starting from the back of rock shelters. PROSPECTS 2008: Downloadable from the Internet had been a certain JUD EIA-EMP.pdf (accessed 2008.05.12) which positions a proposed cement plant near (unspecified precision error) 25°11'37”N: 92°22'48.5”E (unidentified geodetic datum) and thus at a distance of 2 km from one village of »Wahiajer« (sic!) or, more likely, Wahjajer (note 4).
NOTE 1: ka synrang (Khasi, noun) has not only been translated as »the coping of a rock or cave« (SINGH, N 1906: 216) or »cave« (SINGH, N 1920: 63) and »refuge« (SINGH, N 1920: 428) but also as »nest« (BLAH, E 2007: 198). The word seems to signify an inhabitable cave, rock shelter or den, especially the "hole" or lair of an animal and the hideout of a "runaway" (fairy, freedom fighter, hermit, king, madman, robber, terrorist, etc.). ka hati (noun, feminine), u hati (noun, masculine), in the Khasi and Synteng languages an Assamese loanword (SINGH, N 1906: 81), signifies »an elephant« (SINGH, N 1906: 81; SINGH, N 1920: 148; BLAH, E 2007: 89; OLDHAM, T 1854 / 1984 appendix C: LXI), zoologically: Proboscidea: Elephantidae: Elephas maximus (Indian Elephant / Asian Elephant), a heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to southern Asia and Africa. NOTE 2: »The name means Elephant Rock Shelter« (Anthony 'Tony' R. Jarratt 05.02.2002 personal correspondence). NOTE 3: The village of Wahjer (25°11'40”N: 92°22'45”E) lies 4 km along the National Highway NH44 north from Lumshnong and only one or two kilometres east of Thangskai (25°11'45”N: 92°22'35“E). NOTE 4: ka wah (Khasi, noun), also: kawah (ALLEN, W J 1858: 61), binomial imitative: ka wah - ka um (SINGH, N 1906: 244), a stream [of water] (ALLEN, W J 1858: 61; SINGH, N 1906: 244; SINGH, N 1920: 500; BLAH, E 2007: 290). u jajér (Khasi, noun), a wild vegetable (SINGH, N 1906: 97). ka umjér (Khasi, noun), also: ka um-jér (SINGH, N 1906: 242), the dew (SINGH, N 1920: 121; BLAH, E 2007: 77); the dews (SINGH, N 1906: 242).
Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | UMPYRTA, Wahjajer (Krem) | ||
| 0.2 | KHLIEH UMSO, Thangskai (Krem) | ||
| 0.3 | MALO 2 (Caves dubbed) | ||
| 0.3 | KAIMEN FROM FOUNDER CAVE | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE, Lumshnong 1 (Lindenmayr) | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE, Lumshnong 2 (Lindenmayr) | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE, Lumshnong 3 (Lindenmayr) | ||
| 0.4 | AA CAVE, Lumshnong 6 (Lindenmayr) | ||
| 0.7 | UMSHANGKTAT (Krem Wah) |