# Speak Your Roots

> Preserving Heritage, Inspiring Voices


## Posts

- [Khasi words that share the same spelling with English words but carry different meanings](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-that-share-the-same-spelling-with-english-words-but-carry-different-meanings/): King: A male ruler in some countries. In Khasi "king" means to stir something. Sing: To make musical sounds with your voice. In Khasi...
- [Thomas Jones Day](https://speakyourroots.in/thomas-jones-day/): Reverend Thomas Jones kum kpa ki dak thoh khasi, Dak a, b, k, d ba ngi nang dei ba phi hikai ïa ngi. -Daohi Manar The 22nd of June, the...
- [Phan bad Tungtap](https://speakyourroots.in/phan-bad-tungtap/): The "Phan bad Tungtap" snack of the Khasis and Pnars is eaten heartily especially in the summer season 😋😋😋 The items in the picture...
- ["Ka Ktien Khasi Jong Ngi" da Labianglang Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-khasi-jong-ngi-da-labianglang-diengdoh/): Ha sla pyrthei la kha ia nga, Nga san longbriew, nga im pura; Ryngkat jingieid i mei i pa, Ha la ka ktien ba ngan kren bha. Ym tang ban...
- [Ka Nam by Esther Syiem (Lamkhmat/ Foreword and dialogue excerpt)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-nam-by-esther-syiem-lamkhmat-foreword-and-dialogue-excerpt/): Ka Lam Khmat Ki thied ki jaw jong kane ka drama ki sam shaduh ki thymmei jong ka long rynïeng man rynieng ka jaitbynriew Khasi. Ki pud ki...
- [Khasi words derived from English words](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-derived-from-english-words/): There are words in the Khasi language that are derived from the English language. here are some of them: TAKSI - TAXI PONGSHOR - PUNCTURE...
- [Ganesh Devy Interview](https://speakyourroots.in/ganesh-devy-interview/): "There are 600 potentially endangered languages in India...each dead language takes away a culture system". In the interview, Ganesh Devy...
- [Layers of History: Essays on the Khasi-Jaintias by David R. Syiemlieh](https://speakyourroots.in/layers-of-history-essays-on-the-khasi-jaintias-by-david-r-syiemlieh/): Layers of History: Essays on the Khasis-Jaiñtias (2015) by David R. Syiemlieh. David R. Syiemlieh is a retired Professor of History from...
- [Ka Jingïamareh Kob ki Wah da Esther Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingiamareh-kob-ki-wah-da-esther-syiem/): Ka Jingïamareh Kob ki Wah , ba la ïathuh da Esther Syiem, Dur: Benedict Hynñiewta Ka Ïew bad ka Ngot ki ju sngewtynnad ban ïalehkai ha u...
- ["Ki jingsngew ha ka miet ba wan ka khlam" da Vancouver Shullai](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-jingsngew-ha-ka-miet-ba-wan-ka-khlam-da-vancouver-shullai/): Sngew triem keiñ, para, Haba la poi ka Khlam ha phyllaw ïing. Sngew salia wat tang ban ring mynsiem ruh, Ïoh jia ba ka ïohsngew bad ka...
- ["Choh Jamalung" (The call of the Cicada)](https://speakyourroots.in/choh-jamalung-the-call-of-the-cicada/): As dusk fell, there are days in the valley of Ri Bhoi when children would gather outside their houses; and hold two little bamboo sticks...
- [The Legend of U Sier Lapalang as a comic book!](https://speakyourroots.in/the-legend-of-u-sier-lapalang-as-a-comic-book/): This comic book has been adapted from the Khasi folktale U Sier Lapalang by Joshua S. Rynjah. It was published by Joshua S. Rynjah and...
- [Ktung shira, sla rynsun and nei lieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ktung-shira-sla-rynsun-and-nei-lieh/): Fried "ktung shira" (dried fish) mixed with "sla rynsun" (garlic leaves), "nei lieh" (white sesame seeds/ white til), chilli and salt....
- [Folktales From India by A.K. Ramanujan](https://speakyourroots.in/folktales-from-india-by-a-k-ramanujan/): For us bookworms and silverfish! 🤓🤓🦠🐛 Here is a book entitled Folktales from India: A Selection of Oral Tales from Twenty-two...
- [Dried fish chutney](https://speakyourroots.in/dried-fish-chutney/): Dried fish chutney from @bada_boombam 🤩🤩🤩 Thank you for a picture of this mouth-watering chutney! 😋😋😋 She says: My favourite ktung...
- [Ktung and Jaraiñ](https://speakyourroots.in/ktung-and-jarain/): This post is about "Ktung and Jaraiñ" 😋😋 Thank you @bada_boombam for sending this delicious reminder! 😀😀 She says: Jaraiñ and ktung...
- [Ktung mluh bad u sohsaw dieng](https://speakyourroots.in/ktung-mluh-bad-u-sohsaw-dieng/): Ktung mluh ba thang shuwa hadien kylla stem bad u sohsaw dieng harud (Dried and highly salted fish curry with tree tomato the side). I...
- [Mei Mariang Ngan ym ïeh ia phi da i Daohi Manar](https://speakyourroots.in/mei-mariang-ngan-ym-ieh-ia-phi-da-i-daohi-manar/): Ko lyer ba beh jai jai Pha pynlung ïa mynsiem jong nga Pha beh khlem don jingkhuslai keiñ shirta! Khublei, A ko lyer pha la pyntngen ïa...
- [Phok](https://speakyourroots.in/_phok/): It is definitely no secret that we are a diverse people with variations of speech and countless dialects and it is also no secret that we...
- [Ñiuma](https://speakyourroots.in/niuma/): Ka ktien "Ñiuma" ka dei ka ktien kaba pyndonkam haba mut ban ong ym lei lei ne koit. Kum haba ong “Ñiuma, nga mynjur ïa kaei kaba phi...
- [En](https://speakyourroots.in/___en/): Do you know that the Khasi translation of "Stop Crying" is neither "Wat ïam" nor "Ynnai ïam"? "Wat ïam" or "Ynnai ïam" is translated to...
- [Ieid Thep Mynsiem](https://speakyourroots.in/ieid-thep-mynsiem/): The Khasi phrase "ieid thep mynsiem” translates to a love which literally keeps someone safe in one's very own soul. It is a phrase used...
- [Laiphew](https://speakyourroots.in/laiphew/): The connotation or the Khasi term "Laiphew" which literally means thirty, as a limit ordinal is without a successor and it is a marker of...
- [Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-shad-suk-mynsiem/): Wallam says: Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem is celebrated in the month of April as a thanksgiving to mother nature for good harvest and for fresh...
- ["Mawbynna" by Esther Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/mawbynna-by-esther-syiem/): You appear to have withstood time’s duress as you watch over a world of plastic clutter. Your sense of time is forbidding, but you keep...
- [Tan u khiewja](https://speakyourroots.in/tan-u-khiewja/): There is a real phenomenon known as the "return trip effect". It may be said to be caused by the human weakness of perceiving time....
- [The Languages of Meghalaya](https://speakyourroots.in/the-languages-of-meghalaya/): The Languages of Meghalaya: People's Linguistic Survey of India. Volume Nineteen, Part Il. Chief Editor: G. N. Devy and Editor: Esther...
- [International Mother Language Day Poems](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-poems/): La Akor Burom Ngin Kyntiew, Ban lai Pynphuh Pynphieng La Jaidbynriew: Ngin lai Sumar La Ka Ktien Lajong, la Ka Ruh Hi Ngin Ri Kyndong. by...
- [U ñiang ryndia](https://speakyourroots.in/u-niang-ryndia/): "U ñiang ryndia" or the mulberry worm is a Jaiñtia delicacy that many might cringe to see. But for those who have the taste buds for it,...
- ["May our roots..."](https://speakyourroots.in/may-our-roots/): May our roots be strong. The roots of our heart. The roots of our mind. May our roots be true. The roots of what we see. The roots of...
- [U Kiang Nangbah](https://speakyourroots.in/u-kiang-nangbah/): "U KHON KA WAIT KA STIEH U KHON DAP CHYNRANG" Da u mot sahnam da pynïein ha madan-madiah kmai Blai Na khlieh riat ka Kiang, U peit katwon...
- [Tana](https://speakyourroots.in/_tana/): "Tana" is a Pnar word which means "handkerchief". Nowadays it is not used by everyone. It is the older generation who used it and it is...
- ["Ki Arngut Shipara" da Garmylo Pdang](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-arngut-shipara-da-garmylo-pdang/): The younger took one with a prayer Lord make me an instrument of your peace "Shim bahbah, to jied hi ma phi," ong u hynmen Ki don ki ba...
- ["Pahsyntiew" by Indari S. Warjri](https://speakyourroots.in/pahsyntiew-by-indari-s-warjri/): I heard of your beauty Blushing daughter of the deities Sheltered in your cave of chastity No man dare explore. A dark cascade rises from...
- ["Jar I hok - Jngai nei thok - Kamai ia ka hok" da Daohi Manar](https://speakyourroots.in/jar-i-hok-jngai-nei-thok-kamai-ia-ka-hok-da-daohi-manar/): Phet jngai na ka bamsap, phet jngai na ka bamsap Ileh Cha kamni, sa du i wöm ioo tipsap-tiptap? Jar jar lei hok, u ia k'bai-kyrha Ileh...
- ["The Sun, the Peacock and I" by Badondor Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/the-sun-the-peacock-and-i-by-badondor-diengdoh/): Spirited like the jaiñkyrshah flapping with the wind. Noisy like the sound of a bolbaring indenting tarmacs. The girls of summer The boys...
- ["Ka Likai (An Ending Retold)" by Clarissa Giri](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-likai-an-ending-retold-by-clarissa-giri/): Calmly by the fire, She sits staring at the flames before her. Ember sparks burn freckles on weathered floorboards, Restless charcoal...
- [Kynjat Tin](https://speakyourroots.in/kynjat-tin/): A game that can be played with a bigger crowd of kids and one simple tin can. The group would decide who had to be the guardian of the...
- [Thias!](https://speakyourroots.in/thias/): There are contesting stories as to the origin of this Khasi term, pronounced "Thi-yass”, beginning with a low "Thi" ending with a high...
- [The Language Loss of the Indigenous, edited by G.N Devy, Geoffrey V. Davis and K. K Chakravarty](https://speakyourroots.in/the-language-loss-of-the-indigenous-edited-by-g-n-devy-geoffrey-v-davis-and-k-k-chakravarty/): This volume (published in 2016) traces the theme of the loss of language and culture in numerous postcolonial contexts. It establishes...
- [Ka Jaiñ-it by Careen J. Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jain-it/): "Ka jaiñ-it" ka dei ka jaiñ bah ïa ki khyllung ne ki khun rit; ka dei ruh ka jaiñ kaba pynskhem haba bah ne kit. Ka jaiñ-it ka dei ka...
- [Khleiñ la thang, jwat la bam](https://speakyourroots.in/khlein-la-thang-jwat-la-bam/): @laia.naomi says: " 'Khleiñ la thang, jwat la bam' literally translates to the delicious looking droops of fat when a piece of meat is...
- [Mynsiem Jong i Mei](https://speakyourroots.in/mynsiem-jong-i-mei/): @dr.taniavaid says: "Mynsiem jong i Mei" meaning Mother's soul/spirit... A phrase I have been using a lot since I became mommy! Feels...
- [Bam ja mo](https://speakyourroots.in/bam-ja-mo/): @venelizapariat says: "Bam ja mo" literally means having rice on a stone slab. It is part of a culture practised by most Khasi-Pnar...
- [U hati u dang sha khlaw](https://speakyourroots.in/u-hati-u-dang-sha-khlaw/): "U hati u dang sha khlaw" is a khasi metaphorical idiom which literally translates into "The elephant is still in the forest". This idiom...
- [Thlah Khmat and Symphuit Thri](https://speakyourroots.in/thlah-khmat-and-symphuit-thri/): Thlah Khmat is Pnar phrase which in the literal sense means "blind in the eye". It is metaphorically used when one is extremely ashamed...
- [Khangkhmat](https://speakyourroots.in/khangkhmat/): "Khangkhmat" meaning to stop a person, vehicle, etc. and prevent them from continuing to a destination. Sent by @redfm_rjzack
- [Kyoh Mynthi](https://speakyourroots.in/kyoh-mynthi/): @indariwarjri says: In English, "kyoh mynthi" would be explained as being satire, which is a critical terminology used for humour, irony,...
- [Shyrkhei](https://speakyourroots.in/shyrkhei/): @laurette_dkhar says: It's a word I use frequently. Depending on the context, it means many things. 1. Terrifying. (A mishap can be...
- [Ani!](https://speakyourroots.in/__ani/): A simple three letter Khasi word that is used to express pain, surprise, joy and sometimes even anger and disgust depending on how it is...
- [Maw-San by Careen Joplin Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/maw-san-by-careen-joplin-langstieh/): "A game of five stones" This charcoal art piece by @careenjoplinlangstieh is named after an indigenous game called "Maw-san". Do you...
- [Tip Briew, Tip Blei](https://speakyourroots.in/tip-briew-tip-blei/): The Khasi precept "Tip Briew, Tip Blei" literally translates to "Know man, know God". It is one of the three tenets of Khasi...
- [The Khasi State Formation (Mario Pathaw)](https://speakyourroots.in/the-khasi-state-formation-mario-pathaw/): The Khasi State Formation In the Khasi State formation or settlement, there are four levels in which the formation takes place Kur: A...
- [Ki Rukom Peit or Different Kinds of Looks](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-rukom-peit-or-different-kinds-of-looks/): "Peit kling kling klang klang" ka mut kaba peit shane shane shatai shatai/ to look around frantically. "Peit kliaw" ka mut haba peit bad...
- ["Ka Sati Sharyngkuid" or "The Sharyngkuid Ring"](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sati-sharyngkuid-or-the-sharyngkuid-ring/): La don ha kawei ka shnong uwei u samla uba jaipdeh shibun. U kpa jong u, u long u mahajon bah ha kata ka shnong; hynrei ynda u la ïohi ïa...
- [Sawdong ka Lyngwiar Dpei](https://speakyourroots.in/sawdong-ka-lyngwiar-dpei/): "Sawdong ka Lyngwiar Dpei" or "Around the Hearth" "Sawdong Ka Lyngwiar Dpei" ka dei ka jingong ne ki kyntien kiba ngi ju pyndonkam ban...
- [Rangbah Joit](https://speakyourroots.in/rangbah-joit/): Ngi ju ong "Rangbah Joit!" haba ki khynnah ki synriah. Kane ka rukom kren ka long kum ka jingkyntu ïa ki hep barit ba kin heh kin san, ba...
- [Some new Khasi words!](https://speakyourroots.in/some-new-khasi-words-1/): Kutok: Ba la khrew ka met; ba im slem ka rta; ba im tymmen shongprah; ba rim tam; ba tymmen eh/ a sickly body; someone who lives a long...
- [Nongwar village](https://speakyourroots.in/nongwar-village/): These pictures of Nongwar village have been sent by @dapp_theguyfromthehills 😀😀😀🌄🌄 Thank you for sending your beautiful pictures!...
- [Sohpairah](https://speakyourroots.in/sohpairah/): "Sohpairah '' or soap nut is a wild tree found in some parts of Meghalaya. It is locally known as "Sohpairah" in Khasi and "Sohpinrah''...
- ["Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti Ha Ka Meirisawkun" (Water and Culture In the Environment) (Volume II, 2008)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-um-bad-ki-deiriti-ha-ka-meirisawkun-water-and-culture-in-the-environment-volume-ii-2008/): Ïa kine la sot na ka lynnong "Ka Um bad Ka Tynrai ki Kyrteng Kur" (Water and Origin Of Clan Names) na ka kot Ka Um bad ki Deiriti ha ka...
- [Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part Il (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-il-1903-2/): Kane ka phuhmut phuhmat mangkarong, Long ka kpait thawjot la tynrai la jong; Lada ka tynrai lajong ka la jot, Kat sha kaba phi thew phin...
- [Ym lap lieng and Kylla lieng](https://speakyourroots.in/ym-lap-lieng-and-kylla-lieng/): Kylla lieng Ka jingong "kylla lieng" ka thew ïa ka jingwan shoh tyndep ka pyrthei nemsniew ban pynduk pynshitom ïa u ba don ba em. Ka dei...
- [Ka Rngiew: A perspective from Dr. Margaret Lyngdoh, University of Tartu, Estonia](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-rngiew-a-perspective-from-dr-margaret-lyngdoh-university-of-tartu-estonia/): In the Christian worldview, a person is made of the body, mind, and soul. In the traditional Khasi perspective, a person is made up of...
- [Sawdong ka lyngwiar dpei](https://speakyourroots.in/sawdong-ka-lyngwiar-dpei-1/): Sawdong ka lyngwiar dpei. Ngi shong syaid ding ban sngap khana i mei: Ki khana tang khana puriskam. Ki jingsneng tymmen, ha ngi i sam;...
- [U 'Wai Laper (U Waisoh Laper)](https://speakyourroots.in/u-wai-laper-u-waisoh-laper/): U Wái Laper is a different and smaller species of kwai or areca nut. The tree of this kwai does not grow as tall as the regular kwai....
- [Khasi Adverbs](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-adverbs/): Btáj-btáj ka mut kaba kynja ba dambit ne bit nah/ soft and sticky. Wur-wur ka mut kaba kylluid ne kaba ïar/ something loose or wide....
- ["U Kohtympan" (Khasi) and "U Mylumtympan" (Pnar)](https://speakyourroots.in/u-kohtympan-khasi-and-u-mylumtympan-pnar/): The meaning of "U Kohtympan" (Khasi) and "U Mylumtympan" (Pnar) is not easy to find as the word is not listed in the popular dictionaries...
- [The river Phot](https://speakyourroots.in/the-river-phot/): These beautiful pictures have been sent by @the_shutter_bug07 😃😃 Thank you! He says about the river: "Ngi shait ong ka Phot. Ka dei ka...
- [Bam sohphan mano, bit thit shano](https://speakyourroots.in/bam-sohphan-mano-bit-thit-shano/): Ka jingong "Bam sohphan mano, bit thit shano" ka mut ba ïa u sohphan nang bam hun sha lade bad nang kyllan ïa ka thit sha kiwei. Kane ka...
- [Different cuts of Pork in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/different-cuts-of-pork-in-khasi/): Doh Tdong - Ham/ Leg Doh Krung - Ribs Doh Ryndang - Pork Butt and Pork Shoulder Doh Kjat - Trotters Doh Khlieh - Head Jabieng - Brain...
- [U Sawathang](https://speakyourroots.in/u-sawathang/): "U Sawathang" is a Pnar vegetable that has now become common and is widely eaten among the Khasis too. It is so bitter that you have to...
- [The Origin of Lightning](https://speakyourroots.in/the-origin-of-lightning/): Mynhyndai eh, mynba ki sim-ki-doh, ki khniang ki puit, ki mrad ki mreng baroh ki dang ïakren bad ïasngewthuh kawei ka ktien, la don ka...
- [Some new Khasi words!](https://speakyourroots.in/some-new-khasi-words/): Lacking self-control - Iriang Wholesale - Dielaka Soon - Jang jang Horizon - Ka Dongdit; ka Tnger Then and there - Marte-marte Toil -...
- [Different Cuts of Beef in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/different-cuts-of-beef-in-khasi/): Khmat Lbong - Thigh Tdong rben - Rump Tdong stang - Sirloin/ T-bone Syntai - Hump Lamjew - Chuck Shyieng sohkhia- Brisket Bung - Leg/...
- [Pashat 'Wáidong](https://speakyourroots.in/pashat-waidong/): Pashat 'waidong ka dei ka jingaidak ka samla kynthei ïa u samla shynrang da kaba ai 'wai dong. Ka long ka rukom ai sngewbha ka samla ïa u...
- [U Tiew Dohmaw or The Marbled Jewel Orchid:  Tiew Dohmaw Laiphew Na Ar Jingmut](https://speakyourroots.in/u-tiew-dohmaw-or-the-marbled-jewel-orchid-tiew-dohmaw-laiphew-na-ar-jingmut/): U Tiew Dohmaw u dei u kynja tiewsla uba proh itynnad ki jingthoh ha ki sla jong u. U dei u syntiew uba rit bha, ki sla ki lam jngum ka...
- [Different colours in Khasi, Part I](https://speakyourroots.in/different-colours-in-khasi-part-i/): Orange - rong sohñiamtra/ rong khleh saw khleh stem Red - rong saw Scarlet - rong saw kyrang/ rong saw haiñ haiñ Maroon/ Plum - rong saw...
- ["Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part Il (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-il-1903-3/): Lada nang lane lada tip makna, Haba phim don satia ka jingshisha; Lada phi їoh makna ka spah shi pyrthei, Haba їa lade phi die tad...
- [Ka Phan Nonglait by Tony Slong](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-phan-nonglait/): Ka Phan Nonglait is one of the Khasi women freedom fighters and is considered one of the bravest women of that time. Most women were...
- [Ki Ktien Kynnoh](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-ktien-kynnoh/): Ki Ktien Kynnoh are a pair of words which complement one another. The second word emphasises and enhances the meaning of the first word....
- [Ka Tari Dab by Careen J. Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-tari-dab-by-careen-j-langstieh/): This painting by @careenjoplinlangstieh shows "Ka Tari Dab" which is a typical kitchen knife, present in each and every Khasi household....
- [Another list of Khasi words to add to the collection!](https://speakyourroots.in/another-list-of-khasi-words-to-add-to-the-collection/): Gracious me! - Mei-hum-їa-ka mei! Vowel - U Dak Sawa Hi Mist - U Palam Handcuff - Ka Hatkari Precipice - Ka Synket Homesick - Tngop-їing...
- [Ka Sohlyngngem bad u Rynñiaw](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sohlyngngem-bad-u-rynniaw/): Ka Sohlyngngem and U Rynñiaw were deeply in love with each other and would meet in the shade of tress in the forest. Ka Sohlyngngem was a...
- [Beiñ kiwa beiñ](https://speakyourroots.in/bein-kiwa-bein/): "Beiñ kiwa beiñ. Roh kiwa roh. Ïei їong kiwi, ym їe i u pyntoh." "Let those who criticise, criticise. Let those who praise, praise. Other...
- [U Ryngkew and Khlaphuli](https://speakyourroots.in/u-ryngkew-and-khlaphuli/): The following has been quoted and summarised from Essays in Khasi Folkloristics by Dr. Desmond L. Kharmawphlang (2016). In Khasi belief,...
- [Sboh masi](https://speakyourroots.in/sboh-masi/): Here's a funny incident from a Khasi language class in school: During a Khasi language class a boy was told to make a sentence with the...
- [Ki Phawar](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-phawar/): "The Khasis have evolved and developed their own indigenous poetic creations called "Ki Phawar" which are often employed in...
- [The different kinds of rivers in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/the-different-kinds-of-rivers-in-khasi/): "Wah" is the usual name for a river or a stream. "Wahbah" is a large river. "Wahkaba" is a roaring and raging river which flows rapidly...
- [Ka Nam bad U Khla (Ka Nam and the Tiger) by Wallam Kupar War](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-nam-bad-u-khla-ka-nam-and-the-tiger-by-wallam-kupar-war/): Continuing with the theme, images and characters of the Khasi folktale "Ka Nam bad U Khla" ("Ka Nam and the Tiger") here is a striking...
- [U Wah Sdai/ Sdie](https://speakyourroots.in/u-wah-sdai-sdie/): "U Wah sdai/sdie" u dei nongrep na shnong Jowai, uba trei shitom hynrei uba klet biej. Ha kawei ka sngi, u thlieh dieng baroh shisngi....
- [Gender in the Khasi language](https://speakyourroots.in/gender-in-the-khasi-language/): The English language does not have a grammatical gender as many other languages do. This means that it does not have a masculine gender...
- [Ki Kyrteng Sin Part II/ Khasi Nicknames Part II](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kyrteng-sin-part-ii-khasi-nicknames-part-ii/): Sympiw (rit khmat/ small eyes) Tun tun (sngaid/ chubby) Samah (sngaid bad lyngkot/ short and stout) Shrieh (khih ksaiñ, balaiñ/...
- ["Koh” "Chchaw" Maram](https://speakyourroots.in/koh-chchaw-maram/): In the Maram dialect, the affixes "Koh" instead of "Bah" and "Chchaw" instead of Kong are used. "Koh Ja"- my mother tells me that this...
- [Ka Rngiew](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-rngiew/): The concept of "Ka Rngiew" in Khasi philosophy is difficult to translate. "Ka Rngiew" has to be understood and studied with depth and...
- [Biah Phongrai](https://speakyourroots.in/biah-phongrai/): Ka "Biah Phongrai" ka dei ka pylleng ba kha u skaiñ ha ka kynja doh. The Khasi phrase "Biah Phongrai" literally refers to eggs a fly lays...
- [Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar, Part I (1902) & Part Il (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-il-1903/): Wei phi la sdang ïa kano kano kaba bha, To trei haduh ban da ithuh thikna; Wat ju buhteng sahteng ïaei-ïaei, Ba ka daulait die jot ka oh...
- [Another list of unique Khasi words](https://speakyourroots.in/another-list-of-unique-khasi-words/): Constellation: Ki Hara-khlur Politician: U Ïarmangkalai Avalanche: U Thahlymbung Joke: Thawlir Bowl: Ka Pyrhoh Rumour: Ka Khubor Jler...
- [Ka Huleng](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-huleng/): The village of Phlangwanbroi which is located in Mawsynram, Tehsil, of East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya is home to the Western...
- [The different kinds of "Kwai" (Areca or Betel nut)](https://speakyourroots.in/the-different-kinds-of-kwai-areca-or-betel-nut/): " 'Wáikaa" is kwai that is still on the branches of the tree. " 'Wáinat" is kwai that has been plucked from the tree but it has not yet...
- [Ka Ïing Tynriew](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-iing-tynriew/): "Ka Ïing Tynriew" is the traditional thatched house of the Khasis and is made from the leaves of the Tynriew plant. The house in the...
- [Ki Kyrteng Sin Part I/ Khasi Nicknames Part I](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-nicknames/): The Khasis have a practice of giving nicknames and besides the usual Bahduh, Theiheh, Kongdeng, Bahrit, which denote a specific position...
- [Khasi Waterlore by Margaret Lyngdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-waterlore-by-margaret-lyngdoh/): Water among the Khasis has divine/ordinary forms. In ordinary form, it is called Um, its secret name in ritual is Ñiaring- although this...
- [Ring 'sai phla](https://speakyourroots.in/ring-sai-phla/): Ka jingong "Ring 'sai phla" ka thew ïa ka jingïakylli markhmat haduh ban da shem ïa ka jingshisha. Kaba "ring 'sai phla" ka dei kaba...
- [Some Khasi words which we might have never heard!](https://speakyourroots.in/some-khasi-words-which-we-might-have-never-heard/): Teapot: Shapushi Suitable: Klai Postman/ peon: U Paida Bedroom: Ka Syntit Statue: U Mawdur Culture: Ka Jymbriew Slice: Ka Lynniap Look at...
- [Tura nga!](https://speakyourroots.in/tura-nga/): In Khasi, the word for being in a hurry is "kyrkieh". "In Ri Bhoi District Umroi area, where I am from, if we are in a hurry we say 'Tura...
- [Ka Mieng](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-mieng/): "Ka Mieng" ka dei ka kynja jingput ba la thaw na ki lyngkhot siej, kaba shu kbum ha ka shyntur bad kaba pynmih sur kat kum ka jingkyan...
- [Ka pah chyrpang](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-pah-chyrpang/): The next time you want to talk about someone who is a complaint box or a fuss pot, please use this Pnar nickname instead: "ka pah...
- [The different kinds of rain in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/the-different-kinds-of-rain-in-khasi/): " 'lapbah" is heavy rain " 'lap bñiup bñiup" is a drizzle " 'lapkyrtiah" is a rain storm with strong wind " 'lap praw" is a sudden shower...
- [U Sangot](https://speakyourroots.in/u-sangot/): "U Sangot" u dei u nong pyrta shnong na kliar na them haba don kano kano ka jingjia ha shong ban pyntip paitbah. Kum haba don ka...
- [U Niang Raja](https://speakyourroots.in/u-niang-raja/): In the past, in the Jaiñtia Hills there was the Kingdom of Sutnga. Besides the Kingdom of Sutnga, there was also the smaller kingdom...
- [Ñiangkongwieng khlem snier](https://speakyourroots.in/niangkongwieng-khlem-snier-1/): Ka jingong Khasi "ñiangkongwieng khlem snier" ka ring jingmut na ka jingpah kaba mih na ka kpoh jong ka ñiangkongwieng kaba dap da ka...
- [U miaw wa synñiam dakharang](https://speakyourroots.in/u-miaw-wa-synniam-dakharang/): U miaw wa synñiam dakharang" is a Pnar phrase to describe men who are very good at making romantic advances towards women. "Miaw" means...
- [Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends (Folktales of India) by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih](https://speakyourroots.in/around-the-hearth-khasi-legends-folktales-of-india-by-kynpham-sing-nongkynrih/): The back cover of Around the Hearth: Khasi Legends (Folktales of India) reads thus: "It is believed that the only way the Khasi people...
- [Ka Choh Jamalung (The Call of the Cicada)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-choh-jamalung-the-call-of-the-cicada/): This is the tune and the lyrics to the chanting song "Choh Jamalung" (The Call of the Cicada) performed by @esra_syiem . The tune is...
- ["Monolith Stones Shillong" as shown in Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte's 1870s photograph](https://speakyourroots.in/monolith-stones-shillong-as-shown-in-jean-baptiste-oscar-mallitte-s-1870s-photograph/): Nathaniel Majaw says: We finally located the magnificent stones as shown in Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte's 1870s photo "Monolith Stones...
- [Syiem Latympang–The Queen of Hima Manar by Daohi Manar](https://speakyourroots.in/syiem-latympang-the-queen-of-hima-manar-by-daohi-manar/): From the base of 'U loom kyndong', I applaud her bravery - the queen of Manar Kingdom; Though "suri kup snieh langbrot" tends to trap,...
- [A group of Khasi women](https://speakyourroots.in/a-group-of-khasi-women/): A group of Khasi women. Native Christians. 1870s. Source: Photo 913/(16). Author: Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte. - Image ID: R505EH This...
- [Siklai](https://speakyourroots.in/siklai/): The word "Siklai" has a number of meanings which include to lie, fool, trick, deceive or exaggerate with the aim of making a joke. The...
- [U Swet Titiaw](https://speakyourroots.in/u-swet-titiaw/): Have you ever met a person who says no but they actually mean yes? If you offer them something they refuse and act as if they don't want...
- [Ka Syiem Jitlakhai](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-syiem-jitlakhai/): U Maw Shyllaitbit lies to the west of the town of Mustoh and it is a huge rock that can be seen from parts of Shella District. It is...
- [Ki Dak Ñiew na Mawbynna by R.David Hamboy Kharlukhi](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-dak-niew-na-mawbynna-by-r-david-hamboy-kharlukhi/): 1. Jylliew nga poi sha thwei Jingtip buh nam ki longshuwa, Ki mawbynna ba sah kynmmaw naduh ki thwei u mynbarim; Ba khlem pat sep ba dang...
- [“Panur” (War) and “Diñ Kum” (Pnar)](https://speakyourroots.in/panur-war-and-din-kum-pnar/): "Panur" (War) and "Diñ Kum" (Pnar) are traditional sky lanterns made by the War and Pnar communities. These particular sky lanterns are...
- [When English words appear in Khasi sentences](https://speakyourroots.in/when-english-words-appear-in-khasi-sentences/): When English words appear in Khasi sentences, some don't make sense but we understand the meaning they carry. Here are a few examples:...
- ["Ki jingbishar na la tnum" da Vancouver Shullai](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-jingbishar-na-la-tnum-da-vancouver-shullai/): Ha la ka tnum nga ïeng bam lyer. Nga artatien ïa ka jingkhuid jong ka, Haba ym sma shuh kum ka jingai sngewbha ka mariang, Hynrei, sma...
- [Months of the year in the Pnar language](https://speakyourroots.in/months-of-the-year-in-the-pnar-language/): January: Duiatra February: Thohlakhmi March: Wisu April: Naitung May: Naisan June: Naiynru July: Naiyññiaw August: Naisaphra September:...
- [Janor](https://speakyourroots.in/janor/): The Khasi word "Janor" means the mind and its reasoning power. In colloquial conversation it may refer to the brain. The actual word for...
- [U Men Lyngkhung](https://speakyourroots.in/u-men-lyngkhung/): Ha ri Khasi, hyndai ki ong, u don u men lyngkhung; kat shaba leit u kieng iarong, ka khoh u kit kyndung. U don ki tmaiñ ba jrong shipruh,...
- [Ko Pyrthei Shongbasa da i Vianney B. Nongrum](https://speakyourroots.in/ko-pyrthei-shongbasa-da-i-vianney-b-nongrum/): Ko pyrthei shongbasa, ngam bynnud iapha. Ki riewshetkylla, ki riewharam, ki riew khwan lalot suda, nga lah i ngiah shisha. Sa tang ka...
- [Review of "The Legend of Ka Noh ka Likai" by Lapdiang Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/review-of-the-legend-of-ka-noh-ka-likai-by-lapdiang-syiem/): Lapdiang Syiem’s Dramatisation of The Legend of Ka Noh Ka Likai: A Review by Dr. Amanda C. Tongper and Dr. Daiarisa Rumnong Nothing...
- [Maloi](https://speakyourroots.in/maloi/): The Khasi word "Maloi" has come to gain the status of an urban slang in common parlance. "Maloi'" actually means the coconut shell and...
- [Ther, ther lapbah lapsan!](https://speakyourroots.in/ther-ther-lapbah-lapsan/): "Ther, ther lapbah lapsan! Ban dup pait ka dieng ka maw! Ban shongshit ka shnong ka thaw! Ban dup tad u kba u khaw! Ther, ther lapbah...
- [Netaji’s connection to Shillong](https://speakyourroots.in/netaji-s-connection-to-shillong/): Netaji had a special association with Shillong and had visited the town thrice in his lifetime. Highly impressed by the democratic...
- [Bam Hati, Kit Kulai](https://speakyourroots.in/bam-hati-kit-kulai/): Ka jingong "Bam hati, kit kulai" ka kren shaphang u briew uba pynlut ïa ka pisa palat ïa ka jingkamai kajih jong u. Ka rukom im ka long...
- [A Glimpse of Tirot Sing: "A Memoir of the Late David Scott, Esq." written by Major Adam White (1831)](https://speakyourroots.in/a-glimpse-of-tirot-sing-a-memoir-of-the-late-david-scott-esq-written-by-major-adam-white-1831/): On the occasion of the death anniversary of U Tirot Sing, the 17th of July, here is "A Glimpse of History–U Tirot Sing Syiem" sent by...
- [Ban u Sam At](https://speakyourroots.in/ban-u-sam-at/): The Khasi phrase "Ban U Sam At" is translated as being held down or pressed on by "U Sam At". According to what is said, "U Sam At" is an...
- [Literature and education among the Khasis: Excerpt from E. Weston Dkhar](https://speakyourroots.in/literature-and-education-among-the-khasis-excerpt-from-e-weston-dkhar/): The following are two excerpts from the introduction of the book Primary Education in the Khasi and Jaiñtia Hills: Its Socio-Cultural...
- [U Sier Lapalang by Janice Pariat](https://speakyourroots.in/u-sier-lapalang-by-janice-pariat/): Shall I tell you the story of Sier Lapalang? As with every folktale, there are many versions. My nanny's would be brief - "the young stag...
- [Phriang jarut ka miaw](https://speakyourroots.in/phriang-jarut-ka-miaw/): Ka jingong "Phriang jarut ka miaw" ka thew ïa ka rukom shong jong ki lyoh ha ka suiñbneng kaba ong ha ka ktien English kum ki altocumulus...
- [Nga Kynmaw/ I Remember](https://speakyourroots.in/nga-kynmaw-i-remember/): That is why the Khasi stories always begin with "When man and beasts and stones and trees spoke as one...." This shows the Khasi world...
- ["Jaiñkyrshah" (Khasi) or "Kyrchah" (Pnar)](https://speakyourroots.in/jainkyrshah-khasi-or-kyrchah-pnar/): Levanylla says: "Jaiñkyrshah" in Khasi or "Kyrchah" in Pnar is a piece of clothing that is worn by Khasi and Pnar women. It is a...
- ["Pa Baieid" da Sambynta kharbuki](https://speakyourroots.in/pa-baieid-da-sambynta-kharbuki/): Ko pa ba ieid ko pa ba thiang kumno iaphi ngan siew kylliang naduh ba mih sha ka pyrthei nga dang iohi tang ia i mei Balei pa nanga phi...
- [Thad kba u chrieh](https://speakyourroots.in/thad-kba-u-chrieh/): Esra says: This is an old narration of the Bhois which literally translates to "the monkey is drying his paddy". It is used to describe a...
- [U Symphut/ U Suid Tynjang](https://speakyourroots.in/u-symphut-u-suid-tynjang/): U Symphut (Pnar) and U Suid Tynjang (Khasi) is an apparition/ ghost who captures an individual, carries him to places far and wide...
- [Mynsiem Katno ka Dap Jingkmen](https://speakyourroots.in/mynsiem-katno-ka-dap-jingkmen/): Mynsiem katno ka dap Jingkmen Ban peit iapha ko Mei mariang Hapneh Jongpha Nga heh nga long Jingkmen Jong nga hapha ka shong Haba nga...
- [Jaralud bad dohsniang](https://speakyourroots.in/jaralud-bad-dohsniang/): "Jaralud" (Khasi)/ "Yaralud" (Pnar) cooked with "dohsniang" (pork) is a Pnar dish but it is also eaten by Khasis. "Jaralud" is a low...
- [Ka Behdieñkhlam](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-behdienkhlam/): "Chad dei mynsien maya Blai Chad dei wa tipbru tipblai Ya ka khlam yoh u kh'lah khatai Napoh i mynder napoh i pyrthai." Daohi says: The...
- [Stories by Badondor Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/stories-by-badondor-diengdoh/): Stories A fly on the wall–still, dead, curious, alive; listening as a story fades; pieces of a tale absorbed by the turmeric stained...
- ["Peit Cheitai Cheitu" da Saweini Laloo](https://speakyourroots.in/peit-cheitai-cheitu-da-saweini-laloo/): Dang step dang step, chong u woh Ephrin Ha ka ben kawa rong soo Ka kot khubor ha kti beit, hajan Peit u cheitu, peit u cheitai Man da dep...
- [Kren amrang](https://speakyourroots.in/kren-amrang/): Ka jingong "Kren amrang" ka batai ïa ka jinglong jong u ne ka briew, ha kaba ki saitlah rhing tang ban lah ka nia la jong. Kiba kren...
- [Ap jon, ap jon by Careen J. Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ap-jon-ap-jon-by-careen-j-langstieh/): "Ap jon, ap jon, thung soh 'riew, ka miaw, ka ksew. Ka mat ia thung, ka mat ia thung. Yn bret lut sha khyndew. Phurrrrrr…..” "Ap-jon" or...
- [Bood Late da Daohi Manar](https://speakyourroots.in/bood-late-da-daohi-manar/): PARA KHYNROO, KHYNTHAI NE CHYNRANG, ALAE! CHIRUP HAM CHAH CHAKAE NE CHAH PHALANG NUKSA WA BHA TOA CHDOOH TOA ÏAH, ÏOW LY'OH WADOOM, HAM...
- [U Jangew](https://speakyourroots.in/u-jangew/): "U Jangew" sent by @bada_boombam She says: "U Jangew is a local wild herb that has been made famous by the mourning song of the mother of...
- [War Jaiñtia Dialect](https://speakyourroots.in/war-jaintia-dialect/): Ma - Mei - Mother Pa - Pa - Father Bua ji - Bam ja - To eat rice Deh cha -Dih sha - To drink tea Rhen - Lynti - Road Am -Um - Water...
- [Meghalaya Rivers by Joe Rea-Dickins, Dan Rea-Dickins and Zorba Laloo](https://speakyourroots.in/meghalaya-rivers-by-joe-rea-dickins-dan-rea-dickins-and-zorba-laloo/): 'This book does justice to the fabulous find that Meghalaya is for the global whitewater community. This is pretty much the best...
- [Khasi Words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents-1/): Marmlien - Habituated Ka Khilonski - Scaffolding Ïakhing - Resist Bamuta - Coarse Phngar; Palat pud - Extreme Kloilan - Extremely quick...
- [Different animal names in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/different-animal-names-in-khasi/): Different Khasi animal names sent by @ecology_boi 🐯🦊🐵 These pictures are from the book "Ki Mrad Khlaw ka Meghalaya" by Shining Star...
- [Ki Sakhi by P. Tariang](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-sakhi-by-p-tariang/): Kmen ha jingitynnad jong ka sngi, Naba ngim tip kaei ban wan ha lynti. Shim ka por jingiwbih ki syntiew ban sieng, Ban ring bad pynhiar...
- [The Dialect of Raid Narleiñ, Ri Bhoi District](https://speakyourroots.in/the-dialect-of-raid-narlein-ri-bhoi-district/): Kine ki dei khyndiat ki kyntien kiba na ka Raid Narleiñ, Ri Bhoi District (Ki shnong ba hap kum ka Mawrong, Syngku, Umkei, Mawkangi,...
- [U Wer](https://speakyourroots.in/u-wer/): Gertrude says: "U Wer" is remembered by many for his strength, often measured by his ability to carry weighted and bulky materials on his...
- [Ki Sngi Ïew or Khasi Market Days by Farlando Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-sngi-iew-or-khasi-market-days-by-farlando-diengdoh/): Ki Sngi Їew Ka rukom kheiñ taïew jong ki Khasi ka ïapher na ka rukom jong ki phareng. Ka shi taïew ha ki Khasi ka dei phra sngi. Bad la...
- ["Kyllalyngkot" da Reaia Phira](https://speakyourroots.in/kyllalyngkot-da-reaia-phira/): Lyngngoh shisha ban shem ba ka jingthrang jong u phria kan kynduh bad ki shyieng jong ki iing jong ngi- Sngew kumba ki ktien khubor ruh...
- [Discover Bridges Part 2](https://speakyourroots.in/discover-bridges-part-2/): There are very rare bamboo bridges in this day and age. However, they are mostly found in the Ri War areas such as Nongtalang, and areas...
- [First language, second language...](https://speakyourroots.in/first-language-second-language/): When language is life and everything in between! 😄😂🧡🏞️ May indigenous languages thrive May indigenous languages be revived May...
- [Wei La Saw Bha Ka Bneng...](https://speakyourroots.in/wei-la-saw-bha-ka-bneng/): "Wei la saw bha ka bneng sepngi jan miet phin sa ioh jingrang lashai." (La shim na "The Khasis" by P. R. T. Gurdon, 1907) Ha ka jingpeit...
- [Ka Ramïa](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ramia/): The Khasi word "Ka Ramia" may be described as a dream or a hallucination or an illusion. The following excerpts are from the Doctoral...
- [Different Ways of Saying "Thank You" in the Khasi Language](https://speakyourroots.in/different-ways-of-saying-thank-you-in-the-khasi-language/): Ki rukom ong "Khublei Shibun" ba pher ha ka ktien Khasi Ka ktien "Khublei" ka thew ïa ka jingsngewnguh bad ka jingkyrkhu. Ka ktien "khu"...
- [Some Pnar Phrases](https://speakyourroots.in/some-pnar-phrases/): Pnar phrases "Ka buit ïyrngam" "Ka buit ïyrngam" is a cunning idea that a person thinks of. "I kam wasmet" "I kam wasmet" is a good...
- [U Duma Kyllaiñ](https://speakyourroots.in/u-duma-kyllain/): "U Duma Kyllaiñ" or rolled tobacco which is the Khasi rolled cigarette can still be seen in use. 😄😄 This picture was taken by...
- [U sohmarit im](https://speakyourroots.in/u-sohmarit-im/): What we call "u sohmarit im" in Khasi or green peppercorns are a spicy addition to our "ja bad jyntah" (rice and curry). The aromatic...
- ["Lai rukloo-rukloo" from the Tuber dialect](https://speakyourroots.in/lai-rukloo-rukloo-from-the-tuber-dialect/): "Lai rukloo rukloo" from the Tuber dialect sent by Ribait Phawa Kawei ka kyntien nga kwah ban bynrap ha kaba ki ju kren ha ki por mynshwa...
- ["Ki Mawbah"](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-mawbah/): "KI MAWBAH" AN EXCERPT FROM KI DIENJAT JONG KI LONGSHUWA" FROM THE CHAPTER KI MAWBYNNA, KI MAWNIAM BAD KI KOR WRITTEN BY REV. FR. J....
- [Laitlyngkot dialect](https://speakyourroots.in/laitlyngkot-dialect/): Some words in the Laitlyngkot dialect contributed by @mebatei I khongsti given in the order of Lailyngkot - Standard Khasi - English. Ma...
- [Ki Bynta u Dpei or The Parts of Ash](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-bynta-u-dpei-or-the-parts-of-ash/): Ki Bynta u Dpei or The Parts of Ash (An excerpt from Dondor Giri Nongkhlaw) Katkum ba la ïoh lum na ki jaka kyndong ka ri, ki riewhyndai...
- [Jingïathuhkhana ksuid](https://speakyourroots.in/jingiathuhkhana-ksuid/): Tell us the ghost stories you heard from your family or friends! 👻👻 The glow of the fire in the hearth, the voice of the storyteller,...
- [New Khasi words](https://speakyourroots.in/new-khasi-words/): Lyntied - Kum haba shoh phria ne u slap praw/ the way in which hail or a sudden shower falls. Skor - Plung, man bha, san kloi/ fresh and...
- [Radish salad](https://speakyourroots.in/radish-salad/): Radish and radish leaves are a scrumptious salad in any Khasi or Pnar household which are usually eaten in winter. The salad in the...
- [Ka Jaiñ Banat/ Ka That Wanat](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jain-banat-ka-that-wanat/): La pynïakhlad ïa u kpieng sop ksiar na u paila, da i jaiñ banat basaw. Ine i jaiñ banat saw ym tang ba i shat pynitynnat haba peit hynrei...
- [Ka shawla ha ka por tlang](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-shawla-ha-ka-por-tlang/): Ha kum kine ki por tlang, ka syaid hi ka shawla ban syaid ding. Ka dei ka jingïohi ïa u rnga ba u saw, ba u rhem ruh kaba pynsyaid ïa...
- [Ka Sotti Juk](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sotti-juk/): Ka Sotti Juk ka dei ka juk kaba dang khuid dang sngur naduh ka saiñpyrkhat, ka rukom im la ka long naduh na la ïing la sem, ha shnong ha...
- [U Mot Sahnam ia u myllung ka ri, U Soso Tham  ha Saitsohpen](https://speakyourroots.in/u-mot-sahnam-ia-u-myllung-ka-ri-u-soso-tham-ha-saitsohpen/): @kronosynchronicity says: U Mot Sahnam ia u myllung ka ri ha Saitsohpen la jied ia kane ka jaka ha Saitsohpen da ki trai shnong, haka...
- ["Por La Kylla" da i Dameshwa Rymbai](https://speakyourroots.in/por-la-kylla-da-i-dameshwa-rymbai/): U lyoh ka jingkylla u wan beh, Lyngba ki kor jingstad ka por. Jymbriew ka sang ban kaweh, Ba wat ha shlem la sdang duh bor. La ktien duna...
- ["Ka sur ka ud ka iam" da i Freedyboy Majaw](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sur-ka-ud-ka-iam-da-i-freedyboy-majaw/): Ko mei mariang pha iam pha kyrbeh, Namar u khun bynriew ula leh tyngeh; Ki mrad ki mreng, ki sim ki doh, Ki khlaw ki btap, ki pai ki soh....
- ["U Soso Tham" da i Mebatei L. Khongsti](https://speakyourroots.in/u-soso-tham-da-i-mebatei-l-khongsti/): Katba synñia ka nang tap lup, Ïa Ri Khasi ba ieit jong ngi, Katta ki khlur ki nang ïai paw Jingmaham b'la slem bah jong phi. Ki...
- ["U Ren" da Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih](https://speakyourroots.in/u-ren-da-kynpham-sing-nongkynrih/): Slem bah naduh ki snem kulong kumah u Ren, u rawon ka Nongiri u Ren, u baieit eh ka puri u Ren, uba ieit kum ban bieit uba iehnoh ia la...
- ["The Abode of Clouds" by Yohanna Mawrie](https://speakyourroots.in/the-abode-of-clouds-by-yohanna-mawrie/): I come from the land of The Living Bridges Ancient as the days of old, Lush forests blanket the land Myriad of flowers adding colour, The...
- [Ka Tlang Ka La Wan da i Dari Kupar Kharwar](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-tlang-ka-la-wan-da-i-dari-kupar-kharwar/): Ka Tlang ka lah wan! Ka Tlang ka lah wan; Ka jingtyrkhong ka lah sdang, Ki borti ki tin um lah sdang sei; Ban tong um na shyngiar na...
- ["Ka Thong" da Magdalene Laloo](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-thong-da-magdalene-laloo/): Na ri ki rngai ka wan pasiaw, Ïa mynsiem ka khring ban jop thiaw. Jingiwbih ki sang ban sam lyngba, Jingsawa ki kshaid ba sngewphylla. Ka...
- ["Tyrkhang Iwbih" da Victor G. Bareh](https://speakyourroots.in/tyrkhang-iwbih-da-victor-g-bareh/): Sha 'tiewmatïong la nga peit Ha khet ki diengbah ba'm kot kheit; Jingpynhiar mynsiem thiang ba'n iw H'u tyrkhang nga dem khohsiew. Ha...
- ["Naiwieng" by Badondor Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/naiwieng-by-badondor-diengdoh/): Naiwieng Ka jngum thylli U Naiwieng nalor suiñbneng ka pyrshang ban kjit noh ïa ka kyrteng jong phi napoh shadem jong nga. Ka lah mo ban...
- [Ko Soso Tham, Myllung Ka Ri! da i Bawanshwa Syiemlieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ko-soso-tham-myllung-ka-ri-da-i-bawanshwa-syiemlieh/): Ko Soso Tham, Myllung ka Ri! Shano? Shaei? Ngan shem shuh kum phi, Ko Soso Tham baieid, Myllung ka Ri Khasi! Ka Nam jong phi kan sah...
- [Talking to your Meiieid](https://speakyourroots.in/talking-to-your-meiieid/): We can all agree that especially in Shillong, because of the urban and cosmopolitan set up, our Khasi is mixed with English to the...
- [Ka dur te kum sahep...](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dur-te-kum-sahep/): "Ka dur te kum sahep, tangba ngin ïa bam da u sohmynken bep." 🤡🤡 Today, tomorrow and always we lay claim to and are proud of our...
- [Um Pachu](https://speakyourroots.in/um-pachu/): Ka "Um Pachu" ka dei ka ktien Pnar kaba mut ka um khriat kaba la mang lypa tang kat ban pynsyaid ïa ka um khluit haba sum. "Um pachu" is...
- [Ka shnong Rangjyrteh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-shnong-rangjyrteh/): Ka shnong Rangjyrteh The village of Rangjyrteh In the bygone days, Rangiyrteh was a thriving village known for its mastery of iron...
- [U Dak Lai, The Number Three](https://speakyourroots.in/u-dak-lai-the-number-three/): U Khasi u don ka rukom pyrkhat kaba kham kyrpang ha ka jingïadei bad ki dak "Lai". Haba thung mawbyrsiew, u pynïeng lai tylli ki maw ban...
- [Kamai Nong Khynraw](https://speakyourroots.in/kamai-nong-khynraw/): Ka "kamai nong khynraw" ka dei ka spah ka phew ba u kamai u briew katba u dang samla ha la ïing kur, shuwa ba un leit ïing briew. la kane...
- [Ka Syaid Sngi](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-syaid-sngi/): Ka sngi ka dei ka dawai bah. Haba ki mrad ki ju mlien ban syaid sngi bad ki jingthung jingtep ruh ki heh ki san lyngba ka sngi—te hato...
- [Ka ktien kaba tam](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-kaba-tam/): "Ka ktien kaba tam" ka dei ka jingong kaba ngi ju ïohsngew na ka por sha ka por. Ngi lah ban batai ba kane ka thew ïa ka jingshai, ka...
- [Khasi words with their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-with-their-english-equivalents/): Succeed - Shimbteng Very old -Kutok Why not - Haw Diligent - Ador By and by - Halai-Halai Compensate - Buria; Puraw Nervous - Thlien Here...
- [Ki Rukom Kren Ba Pher/Different Ways of Speaking, Part II](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-rukom-kren-ba-pher-different-ways-of-speaking-part-ii/): "Kren padan" ka dei kaba kren pakhang ktien ba kiwei kin ym ïoh kren/ to speak in a way that obstructs others from getting a chance to...
- [Ki 'Sai Tynrai](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-sai-tynrai/): Here is another segment from "Ki 'Sai Tynrai", a collaboration of @speakyourroots and #bigfm98.3 😀😀 Khublei Shibun #bigfm98.3 for a...
- [Duhai sngi ïa nga](https://speakyourroots.in/duhai-sngi-ia-nga/): "Duhai sngi ïa nga" ka dei ka jingkyrpad ne ka jingduwai Blei ba ka sngi kaba sniew kan nym lap ha la ka jingim. "Duhai sngi ïa nga" is a...
- [Khalish](https://speakyourroots.in/khalish/): Kane ka thew ïa ngi baroh 🤭🤭😂😂😅😅 Bun na ngi, ngi khleh lang ïa ka ktien Khasi bad ka ktien phareng haba ïa kren ne ngi shu ïa kren...
- [Leh Piat](https://speakyourroots.in/leh-piat/): The Khasi colloquialism/ phrase "leh piat" or sometimes "ba piat bha" is used to describe a person who may be seen as a jack of all...
- [Ki Rukom Kren Ba Pher/ Different Ways of Speaking, Part 1](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-rukom-kren-ba-pher-different-ways-of-speaking-part-1/): "Kren bhoh" ka dei kaba kren ha ka rukom kumba kren khroh ïano ïano bym kwah kren/ to speak so as to coax someone who does not want to...
- [Ka Tlang Kaba Pynim (A Winter That Revives) by Badondor Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-tlang-kaba-pynim-a-winter-that-revives-by-badondor-diengdoh/): U briew, u symbai, u jingthung, da u lah tynneng palat, u jynrat hi naduh tyllong dalade ïalade. Nga ïohi ia u lyoh khyndew u ba ju ïai...
- [Launch of "Ki 'Sai Tynrai"](https://speakyourroots.in/launch-of-ki-sai-tynrai/): We are happy to announce the launch of "Ki 'Sai Tynrai", a collaboration of Speak Your Roots with Big FM 98.3! 😀😀 Here is a video that...
- [Ka Ngot bad ka Ïew](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ngot-bad-ka-iew/): Mynkulong-kumah, mynba dang lung ka pyrthei-ka mariang, la don arngut shipara, kiba kyrteng ka Ngot bad ka Ïew, ki khun jong u ’Lei...
- [Bam Hynroh u Bnai](https://speakyourroots.in/bam-hynroh-u-bnai/): Mano ba ju kynmaw ïa ka bam hynroh u bnai? Phi ju tied pliang ne kumno? Por hyndai hynthai, ki bun na ki khasi ki ju tied pliang ban beh...
- [How do we translate the word "ethical" into Khasi?](https://speakyourroots.in/how-do-we-translate-the-word-ethical-into-khasi/): The word "ethics" (noun) deals with what is good or bad; a set of moral principles or a system of moral values. So "ethical" (adjective)...
- [Ka Chru Tyngkem bad Dohkha](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-chru-tyngkem-bad-dohkha/): "Ka chru tyngkem bad dohkha" or "Elephant foot yam with fish curry" is a Bhoi delicacy which really looks inviting! 🤤🤤 This particular...
- [Kyllarnga](https://speakyourroots.in/kyllarnga/): Ka ktien "kyllarnga" ka mut kaei kaei kaba la duh noh ïa ka jinglong tynrai. Kane ka lah ban dei ka jingduh noh ïa ka jinglong kaba...
- [Red tea in Laitlum](https://speakyourroots.in/red-tea-in-laitlum/): Wow! This is so captivating 🤩🤩 and that cup of red tea is the perfect accompaniment to the view! 🌲🏞️🌄 The location is Laitlum,...
- [Ïasuh Marïap](https://speakyourroots.in/iasuh-mariap/): Ka jingong "Ïasuh marïap" ka mut kaba rai kut ïa la ka jingim da kaba pynmih lut ïa la ka bor ha kano kano ka thong ne jingpyrshang...
- [Legal Terms in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/legal-terms-in-khasi/): Lawyer - Muktiar Lawsuit - Ka Mokotduma Deed - Ka Dulir Khyndew Gift deed - Ka Jingaisngewbha/ Ka Dulir Jingaisngewbha Lease deed - Ka...
- [Ka Spah Pyrthei da i Labianglang Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-spah-pyrthei-da-i-labianglang-diengdoh/): "Ka Spah Pyrthei kam long ei ei Haba Spah Mynsiem naphi kam shlei." "Worldly wealth amounts to nothing at all when the wealth of the...
- [Different kinds of quantity or measurement in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/different-kinds-of-quantity-or-measurement-in-khasi/): "Shi-bdi" ka dei arphew tylli (20) ka diengïap ne diengthang/ twenty pieces of firewood. "Shi-bhar" ka dei laiphew ar tylli (32) u soh ha...
- [The Oral Discourse in Khasi Folk Narrative by Esther Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/the-oral-discourse-in-khasi-folk-narrative-by-esther-syiem/): The Oral Discourse in Khasi Folk Narrative by Dr. Esther Syiem @meiithei (2011) offers analysis and insight into Khasi orality. The book...
- [Thoh shun ki blei](https://speakyourroots.in/thoh-shun-ki-blei/): "Thoh shun ki blei" ka dei ka shun ba la thoh da ki blei. Kane ka jingong kaba sngewtynnad ka thew ïa kito ki briew kiba don ïa ka bok ka...
- [Kren da thew ha la ka khulpi](https://speakyourroots.in/kren-da-thew-ha-la-ka-khulpi/): "Kren da thew ha la ka khulpi" ka mut ban kren da kaba sumar ha khmat ki briew, ne haba duwai ha u Blei, ban antad bad ban thew ïa la ka...
- [U Thuïa or The Feathery Crest](https://speakyourroots.in/u-thuia-or-the-feathery-crest/): "U Thuia" or The Feathery Crest From Ki Snap - Ki Skor Mardeng Shad Khasi by Sweetymon Rynjah and Khasi Traditional Dancing Ornaments by...
- [Ka Lorni or the Grey-backed Shrike](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-lorni-or-the-grey-backed-shrike/): "Ka Lorni" or the Grey-backed Shrike sighted by @longnamkharpuri in Mawlai Mawroh, Shillong. Thank you for this! 🙏 She says: "Shrikes...
- [Red tea, rice and ktung thang](https://speakyourroots.in/red-tea-rice-and-ktung-thang/): Lehse, kham niar napdeng jong ngi, Ban iohmad ia i jakhluid, sha saw, soh mynken khnai war bad 'tung thang dang step phyrngap ha skum...
- [Ka Ksáw Ka Kpong](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ksaw-ka-kpong/): "Ka Ksáw Ka Kpong" ka dei ka 'lei donbok ha man la ka jingpyrshang, khamtam ha ka beh mrad. "Ka Ksáw Ka Kpong" ka dei ka 'lei beh mrad ha...
- [An excerpt from"The History and Culture of the Khasi People"](https://speakyourroots.in/an-excerpt-from-the-history-and-culture-of-the-khasi-people/): In this chapter entitled "Source of History" the author says that an effort has been made to write about the history of the Khasi people...
- [Excerpt from "Ka Jaitbynriew Ha Tmier Jong Ka Riat" by Barnes Mawrie SDB](https://speakyourroots.in/excerpt-from-ka-jaitbynriew-ha-tmier-jong-ka-riat-by-barnes-mawrie-sdb/): Kawei na ki jingbakla jong ka jaitbynriew jong ngi kaba la wanrah ïa ka jingma ïa ka lawei jong ngi, ka dei ka jingiehnoh ïa ka rep-ka...
- [Ki Rukom Ïaid /Different Ways of Walking](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-rukom-iaid-different-ways-of-walking/): Ïaid-khning-khning ka dei haba ïaid kynjing lem bad ki khohwah kiba rit i kum ban kheiñ noh/ to walk tip toe with legs that are so thin...
- [Another list of Khasi words](https://speakyourroots.in/another-list-of-khasi-words/): Very young - Jawlia Why not - Haw Perchance - Tyndi Tynda Overcoat - Ka Blub Issues - Ki Matiïatei Interpreter - Dubasia Excitement - Ka...
- [Wang Bam Im and Wang Kushu](https://speakyourroots.in/wang-bam-im-and-wang-kushu/): Wang bam im Kine ki kyntien ki thew ïa ki briew kiba jemnud than eh haduh ba kiwei pat ki shim kabu ïa ki namar ba kim kheiñ briew shuh...
- [Jngai na pyrthei da i Bhu Ianz](https://speakyourroots.in/jngai-na-pyrthei-da-i-bhu-ianz/): JNGAI NA PYRTHEI KHLEM JINGKHUSLAI - NGAN SUH BEIT WIAW SHABA NGEN U BNAI KHLEM ARTATIEN NE JINGPYRWA - LA STANG NE RBEN KA PLA BAN LAIT...
- [Ka Rangkylliaw](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-rangkylliaw/): Look at this beautiful moment when the mist transforms what we see and know 🤩🤩🤩💚💚💚 Thank you @dapp_theguyfromthehills for sending...
- [Ki Thylliej Ding (Flames) from "Ka Ding Bad ki Deiriti U Hynñiewtrep Ha Ka Meirisawkun"](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-thylliej-ding-flames-from-ka-ding-bad-ki-deiriti-u-hynniewtrep-ha-ka-meirisawkun/): Ki Thylliej Ding Haba ka ding ka meh bad pyning ïa ki tyllaw ka pynmih ïa ka jingkhaleh kaba ki ong ki thylliej ding. Kine ki thylliej...
- [Kut ka speed](https://speakyourroots.in/kut-ka-speed/): "Kut ka speed" is a humorous phrase which is a combination of Khasi and English. "Kut" in Khasi means an end or a stop to something. So...
- [U Diengbah Ïam Briew (Excerpt from "Ka Jingphylla Ka Ri" by Sumar Sing Sawian)](https://speakyourroots.in/u-diengbah-iam-briew-excerpt-from-ka-jingphylla-ka-ri-by-sumar-sing-sawian/): Ha ka shnong Nongkynrih ha Hima Khyrim, u ïeng uwei u dieng bah dieng san uba la rim bha. Haduh kine ki sngi ba mynta une u dieng uba la...
- [Ka Dopwai](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dopwai/): Ka Dopwái ka dei ka sla jong u dieng kwai. Ka dopwái ka dei ka sla kaba myntoi bha lada hap leit jingleit ne leitkai namar ïa ka dopwái...
- [U Bahtympha](https://speakyourroots.in/u-bahtympha/): U Bahtympha u dei u rishot pyngkiang uba la shna ban par sawdong ïa ka ïing bad ki ju pyndait ïa u ha syndah jong ka sad. U Bahtympha u...
- [Language is the road map of a culture](https://speakyourroots.in/language-is-the-road-map-of-a-culture/): "Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going." - Rita Mae Brown Rita Mae...
- [Siah Siam](https://speakyourroots.in/siah-siam/): "Siah siam" toh i ktien Phar i wa jooh ong i manda sñiaw hun jrut palat i mynsien haduh wym yïe de u batai. Em i por wa sñiaw siah siam...
- [Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part Il (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-il-1903-1/): Haba wan kai ki rieu-tymmen ha la ïing Wat pynleit thylli ka ïarong b'ki kieng; To da pynthep bad u kwai u tympeu, Ban ïoh jingkyrkhu ban...
- [Some food for thought](https://speakyourroots.in/some-food-for-thought/): Knowing our own mother tongue is not merely being able to read and write in our mother tongue, but also understanding the knowledge,...
- [Different kinds of arrows in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/different-kinds-of-arrows-in-khasi/): "U 'nam-ïong" u dei u khnam ba don dak ïong ha ki sner jong u (An arrow with a black mark on its feathers/fletching). "U 'namlang" u dei...
- [Body parts in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/body-parts-in-khasi/): Ka Dongnai (ka tduh u shyieng budlum) - Tailbone Irmat (ka rengmat; kawei na ki bynta ba tap ïa ka khmat) - Eyelid U Ñiuhtrong (u shñiuh...
- [Ka wait tyngkrong](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-wait-tyngkrong/): Ka wait tyngkrong ka dei ka wait kaba pyndait da ki artylli ki kjat ha lyngkdong kum ban kyrshan haba ot doh. Ngi ju shong ha ka mula ne...
- [The Thirteen Months in the Khasi Calendar: A look at U Lber, U Pynram and U 'Nai-it](https://speakyourroots.in/the-thirteen-months-in-the-khasi-calendar-a-look-at-u-lber-u-pynram-and-u-nai-it/): Ki nongrep Khasi ki kheiñ ba don khatlai (13) bnai ha ka shi snem. Baroh ki bnai ki don arphew phra (28) sngi lait noh ha ka Snem Ryngkoh...
- [Ïing Trep Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/iing-trep-khasi/): Oh gosh! Our first meme!🥳 Tell us in the comments section what else can we find inside ka ïing trep?
- [The Calculation of Days and Months according to the Khasis](https://speakyourroots.in/the-calculation-of-days-and-months-according-to-the-khasis/): Ka rukom kheiñ tarik u Khasi ka long ba u Khasi u kheiñ ïa ka jingsdang bad jingkut bnai na ka jingmih bad jingsep u bnai ha sahit bneng...
- [Ïa Ngam Um](https://speakyourroots.in/ia-ngam-um/): Ha ki por hyndai, haba don ka jingïakajia majia hapdeng ki arliang mamla kaba ma kaba lah ban kad ne khih ka hima ban rai ryngkew, ki...
- [The Pnar Alphabet](https://speakyourroots.in/the-pnar-alphabet/): Aa Ari! (Ani in Khasi) Bb Bol (Bol in Khasi) Cc Chalani (Pdung in Khasi) Dd Dieñ (Dieng in Khasi) Ee E ngooh (Ai nguh in Khasi) Ӕӕ ...
- [Tracing the course of Wah Umkhrah through Shillong city by Baston Singh Lyngdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/tracing-the-course-of-wah-umkhrah-through-shillong-city-by-baston-singh-lyngdoh/): This map showing the course of Wah Umkhrah has been drawn by Baston Singh Lyngdoh as part of the creative research for the production...
- [Primary Education in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills: Its Socio-Cultural Roots and Early History (1993)](https://speakyourroots.in/primary-education-in-the-khasi-and-jaintia-hills-its-socio-cultural-roots-and-early-history-1993/): Here is an excerpt from the Introduction of the book Primary Education in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills: Its Socio-Cultural Roots and Early...
- [Ka Ngoh ka Ïan](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ngoh-ka-ian/): "Ka ngoh ka ïan" ka mut ka syrngiew briew; ka dur ka dar ha bym ïohi shuh ïa ka ïaid ka ïeng la slem ne haba khlem wan rung wan jngoh...
- ["Funeral Nights" by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih](https://speakyourroots.in/funeral-nights-by-kynpham-sing-nongkynrih/): Funeral Nights by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih has been receiving wonderful reviews by writers as well as readers 😀😀 The book is based on...
- [Long rat](https://speakyourroots.in/long-rat/): Ha kawei ka sngi, lah don uwei u phareng uba wan jngohkai ïa kane ka ri Khasi ngi. U leit kylleng ki shnong bad kawei na ki ka dei ka...
- [🏞️🌄🌦️🌥️If David Scott wrote a letter to his wife 😂😂](https://speakyourroots.in/if-david-scott-wrote-a-letter-to-his-wife/): For all you hard core trekkers! 🏞️🌄🌦️🌥️ If David Scott wrote a letter to his wife 😂😂😂 Ha ka jaka ban leitkai jngai sha ki ri ka...
- [Pyllon Shroiñ](https://speakyourroots.in/pyllon-shroin/): Phi lah ïa dep dih sha? 😄☕ Kine ki dei ki jingbam dih sha kiba ngi ju khot "Pyllon Shroiñ". Lada dih tang ka sha saw bad kine ruh, katno...
- [Ah k](https://speakyourroots.in/_ah-k/): Mano ba kynmaw ïa ka jingrwai "A B K D" jong i Bah Skendrowell Syiemlieh? 😄 Ngi leh sawangka da kane ka jingrwai ha skul mynshuwa. Who...
- [U Soh Thri](https://speakyourroots.in/u-soh-thri/): Has anyone eaten this fruit? 😄 It is called "Sohthri" in Khasi and its scientific name is "Calamus manillensis" 🍍🥭🍎 "Sohthri" is...
- ["Ban siew kylliang" da i Kyrshan W. Mawlong](https://speakyourroots.in/ban-siew-kylliang-da-i-kyrshan-w-mawlong/): Ban siew kylliang shisha ngim lah Da lei lei ruh ïa phi Mynsiem phim hun kum u Rangbah Phi wad ki lad lynti. Mynsiem basbun ki paw ha phi...
- [Kynmaw](https://speakyourroots.in/kynmaw/): How do I explain the word? "Ka ktien". Say it. Out loud. Ka ktien. The first, a short, sharp thrust of air from the back of your throat....
- [Nga ïaid hapdeng ka kper syntiew da i Mebatei L. Khongsti](https://speakyourroots.in/nga-iaid-hapdeng-ka-kper-syntiew-da-i-mebatei-l-khongsti/): Nga ïaid hapdeng ka kper syntiew, Ïa phi nga khmih lynti, La jingiwbih ba bun ki wan, Nga kynmaw tang ïaphi. Man ka sienjam haba ïaid,...
- [Ha ki thapniang basyaid i piam da i Kyrshan W. Mawlong](https://speakyourroots.in/ha-ki-thapniang-basyaid-i-piam-da-i-kyrshan-w-mawlong/): Ha ki thapniang basyaid i piam Watla im pynpaw eh Jingieit i theh ba palat liam Dei i Pa baieid eh. - Kyrshan W Mawlong A Father's Day...
- [Ja Khonbo](https://speakyourroots.in/ja-khonbo/): Pnar explanation: Ha Jaiñtia hi waroh kawi ym jooh em u leh ki ya ka ni ka li e Ja Khonbo. Kani toh ka rakom ki pnar wa sah ha Jwai næ du...
- [U Slap](https://speakyourroots.in/u-slap/): U slap haba u hap ha sla khyndew u hap syngngeit bad hap lynsher. Ha ki jaka bym don phlang ne kino kino ki jynthung, u slap u don ka bor...
- [U Pumaloi ne u pizza](https://speakyourroots.in/u-pumaloi-ne-u-pizza/): 😄😄 Ka dei ka jingshisha ba wat ma ngi kiba lah ïa samla, lah rangbah ruh ngi bang da kiwei ki jait jingbam. Tangba ki jingbam Khasi...
- [Kyntem ñiuhmat](https://speakyourroots.in/kyntem-niuhmat/): Ka ktien Khasi "kyntem ñiuhmat" ka mut haba ïa u briew uba i jaipdeh ne haba ka jingjaituh la ithuh na ka jingnoh bad jinghiar u ñuihmat...
- [Ka Dienshonhi](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dienshonhi/): Ka kyntien "Dienshonhi" ka thew ïa ka "Dak-Thoh-La-Jong". Da lah phiah ïa ka, ka long kumne harum: Ka kyntien "Dien" ka mut ïa kano-kano...
- [Lets learn them!](https://speakyourroots.in/lets-learn-them/): Syngket ne Taphah ka dei ka riat kaba noh arsut da pynïeng; shám-shám riat; lum mawsiang/ Precipice Mikhli ne Milai ka dei ban...
- [Ka lyngknot, ka borti bad ka mok](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-lyngknot-ka-borti-bad-ka-mok/): Da stai katno katno ruh, m don shuh ha pyrthel kum ka lyngknot, ka borti bad ka mok. Kumno kumto klet noh sa ïa u sohprew bad u mawshut...
- [Jylliew or June](https://speakyourroots.in/jylliew-or-june/): “Jylliew" ka thew ïa ka jingdap miar ka um ha ki jylli jong ka wah. "Jyl" ka mut ka “jingjrong" bad " 'liew" ka mut ka "thliew" ne ka...
- [Understanding the Significance of the Megalithic Remains of the Mawphlang Sacred Grove by N. Lyngdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/understanding-the-significance-of-the-megalithic-remains-of-the-mawphlang-sacred-grove-by-n-lyngdoh/): The research article by @naphi_lyngdoh entitled: "Understanding the Significance of the Megalithic Remains of the Mawphlang Sacred ...
- [Khap tyrsim mynmiet](https://speakyourroots.in/khap-tyrsim-mynmiet/): Baroh ngi tip ïa kane. 😄😄 Wat lada dang don ngai-ly-ngai ka por ruh ngin ap beit ban khap tyrsim da lah step 💅 We all know this 😄😄...
- [Blooh Tayaw](https://speakyourroots.in/blooh-tayaw/): "Blooh tayaw" toh i rukom klam yong ki Puar iwa mut ya iwon iwon i kám iwa u bru sñiawsuk u u leh, kat kam i jingsñiaw yong o. Ye i u ong...
- [Dapkynthei and Dapshynrang](https://speakyourroots.in/dapkynthei-and-dapshynrang/): Ki kyntien "Dapkynthei" bad "Dapshynrang" ki mut haba biang bad pura ka jinglong kynthei ne shynrang. Ngi lah ban bynrap shuh shuh da...
- [Ka Latai](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-latai/): "Ka latai" ka dei ka tiar kyllaiñ ksai kot kudi ne ka shaka kyllaiñ ksai. The Khasi word "Ka latai" is the roller or the spool on which...
- [Prehistoric Cultures Through The Lens Of Archaeology: Marco B. Mitri (Excerpt)](https://speakyourroots.in/prehistoric-cultures-through-the-lens-of-archaeology-marco-b-mitri-excerpt/): Chapter - 6 The Ethno-archaeology of Sohpet Bneng Hill While pursuing historical research with an archaeological approach, the...
- [Ka Batsha](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-batsha/): Ka "Batsha" ka dei ka baranda ha ka ïing Khasi. Ka "Batsha" ka long ka bynta kaba ha khmat jong ka ïing, kaba la tap tnum, kaba long...
- [Ut-shi-ut](https://speakyourroots.in/ut-shi-ut/): "Ut-shi-ut" ka mut haba suki jai ne haba ïai buh teng. Ha ka senten ngin ong, "U trei ut-shi-ut ïa ka kam khlem dep shuh". "Ut-shi-ut" is...
- [Ka Wad Bniah/ Research](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-wad-bniah-research/): Ngi dei ban shlur ïalade ban bad pynshlur ïa kiwei ruh ban wad bniah (research) halor ka jaitbynriew Khasi la jong. Ka jymbriew Khasi...
- [Ñiangkalaw](https://speakyourroots.in/niangkalaw/): Kane ka dei ka jingjia kaba shisha ha kaba arngut ki muktiar ki la sdang leit trei biang hadien ka khlam Covid-19. Ki la rung ha kawei ka...
- [Bia](https://speakyourroots.in/__bia/): Bia [adverb] The formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife, a marriage This...
- ['Ñiangbamkot](https://speakyourroots.in/niangbamkot/): Phi lah ju pyrkhat ne em ïa ka kyntien " 'ñiangbamkot"? Ka dei ka kyntien kaba la pynkylla beit shisur shidur na ka kyntien phareng...
- [Phlanduman and Thlandaman](https://speakyourroots.in/phlanduman-and-thlandaman/): "Phlanduman" ka dei ka kyntien Khasi kaba mut kaba kren ban ïalam bakla ïa ka jingmut da kaba kren kumne kumtai. Ka thew ruh ïa kaba...
- [Kshaid, Ticha, Dare](https://speakyourroots.in/kshaid-ticha-dare/): Waterfall Indigenous words for the English word "waterfall" In Khasi a waterfall is called "Kshaid" In Pnar a waterfall is called "Ticha"...
- [Excerpt from the Introduction of "Ki Khanatang bad U Sier Lapalang" by Primrose Gatphoh (1937)](https://speakyourroots.in/excerpt-from-the-introduction-of-ki-khanatang-bad-u-sier-lapalang-by-primrose-gatphoh-1937/): U Primrose Gatphoh u ong: "Ki Puriskam, ki Purinam, ki Parom bad ki Khanatang ki don sawdong kane ka ri jong ngi, ha ki trep bad ki skum,...
- [To "G" or not to "🥚"](https://speakyourroots.in/to-g-or-not-to/): 😁😂🤡 To "G" or not to "🥚"
- [Jakhom](https://speakyourroots.in/jakhom/): Ka ktien "Jakhom" ka mut haba mad ïa ka sohsat, ka shitom ne ka mynsaw ha ka jingim u briew. Kum haba ong "Jakhom haba la wan ka 'er...
- [Shape shifters by Mario Pathaw](https://speakyourroots.in/shape-shifters-by-mario-pathaw/): Mario says: "Shape shifters are popular figures in myths and folktales around the world. In Japan and China, foxes assume human form to...
- ["Ka Hukum" da i Dawa Dkhar](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-hukum-da-i-dawa-dkhar/): Ka Hukum Hukum na chwa da ong, Pynduh ia ki tam adong; Sajier syndong yei man i long, Iow leit ka pyrthai u klam sarong; Hei ktien...
- [Tungtap (Fermented fish)](https://speakyourroots.in/tungtap-fermented-fish/): “Tungtap" or fermented dry fish is an ingredient in many indigenous recipes or chutneys of Northeast India 🐟🐟 It is preferably ground...
- [Jymmang, Jympa](https://speakyourroots.in/jymmang-jympa/): U Jymmang, u bnai uba san jong ka snem, u dei u bnai pyrem. Kumba long kiwei pat ki bnai, u Jymmang u don saw taïew lane arphew phra sngi...
- [U ashar soh mylleng/ Gooseberry pickle](https://speakyourroots.in/u-ashar-soh-mylleng-gooseberry-pickle/): U ashar soh mylleng or gooseberry pickle cooked by @kamra_shetja_khasi 🫕🫕 This looks so good, mynta ba lah shit lei 😋😋 Khublei...
- [Ki jingpuson ha ka janmiet Jymmang](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-jingpuson-ha-ka-janmiet-jymmang/): Ka jingïap ka wan ha bun ki rukom. Ma nga, ma phi bad baroh ngi lah duh ïa ki baieit bathoiñ jong ngi. Ïa kata ngim lah ban pynkylla. Ka...
- [Janai-Jaton](https://speakyourroots.in/janai-jaton/): Janai: Babeit ne babit bha, ka thew ïa ka jinglong kaba thikna bad kaba paka bha. Jaton: Ïa ka ktien jaton la pyndonkam lang bad ka ktien...
- ["Nga dei ka Nam..."](https://speakyourroots.in/nga-dei-ka-nam/): "Nga dei ka Nam; ka briew kaba la shah tim naduh ba nga dang don ha kpoh jong i mei. Ka briew ka bym don kur, bym don kha, bym don man....
- [Ka Chad Sukra: The Happiest and Joyous Dance of the Heart](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-chad-sukra-the-happiest-and-joyous-dance-of-the-heart/): Ka Chad Sukra: The Happiest and Joyous Dance of the Heart Hachua u li hiar rep, hachua u bet u thung, kiwa heh nûnde da pûnjōh ki dei e...
- [Tep eit miaw](https://speakyourroots.in/tep-eit-miaw/): Ka jingong "Tep eit miaw" ka don ar jingmut. Ka jingmut kaba nyngkong ka long ban leh klet ïa kaei kaei. Ka jingmut kaba ar ka long kaba...
- ["Nga sngew"](https://speakyourroots.in/nga-sngew/): "Nga sngew"...."I feel". So much depends on how we feel 😄 When we say "nga sngew" it might be the beginning or end of many situations 😂😅
- [Syntiew Khmut](https://speakyourroots.in/syntiew-khmut/): Ha i syntiew khmut don ki sma ba har rukom, don ki sngew ba har rukom. La shoh ka sngi kyrang ne la pashat u slap kynriang. La ha ka...
- [English to Khasi translation](https://speakyourroots.in/english-to-khasi-translation/): Gender - Ka jingsngew ba dei kynthei ne ka jingsngew ba dei shynrang, kat kum ka rukom im, ka rukom pyrkhat bad kat kum ki jingngeit bad...
- ["Jubab", written and performed by Vancouver Shullai (Translation)](https://speakyourroots.in/jubab-written-and-performed-by-vancouver-shullai-translation/): Shano phi jah, phi dang rwai ne em mynta? Lah pher ka sur jong phi, phim syiang shuh kum mynshwa. Lah ngiah ban sngap ki khanatang u maw....
- [Ïaïong](https://speakyourroots.in/iaiong/): U bnai Ïaïong u long u bnai uba saw ha ki Khasi uba hap ha ka aïom Pyrem. Ha une u bnai ka ju don ka jinghap slap kaba wan poi, ha kaba...
- [Nohkalikai](https://speakyourroots.in/nohkalikai/): Stories are a huge part of our childhood. They mould how we see the world and how we understand life. 🌄✨ Indigenous folktales present...
- [Lai Li Nam](https://speakyourroots.in/lai-li-nam/): "Lai Li Nam" toh i lai mih cha yung yap bru hadien wa da pûndep yei niam yei rukom yow pûntngen ne pûnchngaiñ ya kiwa ha yung ha sem yong...
- [Kine ki kyntien kiba ngim ju kham pyndonkam](https://speakyourroots.in/kine-ki-kyntien-kiba-ngim-ju-kham-pyndonkam/): Feast - Ka Jynlat Rub - Kyrkhud Ending in a draw of a match - Marïakhaid Guard - U Borkyndad Stubborn - Bakyrot, Badohsnieh Sustain -...
- [Kine ki kyntien ba ngim ju kham pyndonkam shuh](https://speakyourroots.in/kine-ki-kyntien-ba-ngim-ju-kham-pyndonkam-shuh/): Feast - Ka Jynlat Rub - Kurkhud Ending in a draw of a match - Marïakhaid Guard - U Borkyndad Stubborn - Bakyrot, Badohsnieh Sustain -...
- [Ka Jingduwai Blei U Khasi/ The Prayer of The Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingduwai-blei-u-khasi-the-prayer-of-the-khasi/): Ka Jingduwai Blei U Khasi, The Prayer Of The Khasi from U Khasi Hyndai (1959) written by Rash Mohon Roy Nongrum Naduh mynhyndai ba la mih...
- [Jahare!](https://speakyourroots.in/jahare/): Jahare! Jahare ka dei ka interjection kaba mut "ah-isynei" ne "ah-ïarap!". Ka long ka jingpyrta sngewsynei haba jah eiei ne haba kylla ka...
- [Ki Lyer Pyrem (Part II)](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-lyer-pyrem-part-ii/): Ka 'Erkhwasi Ka 'Erkhwasi ka dei ka jait Iyer kaba kham beh jur ha ki bynta sepngi jong ka bri u Hynñiewtrep khamtam ha ki thaiñ Ri...
- [Pyngrei](https://speakyourroots.in/pyngrei/): "Pyngrei" ka dei ka jinglehniam leh rukom kum ha kaba pynïapoikha ïa ka mynsiem jong kiba ïap samla (kynthei bad shynrang) ha ka por miet...
- [U 'Wai Sohlaper Pep Ïew](https://speakyourroots.in/u-wai-sohlaper-pep-iew/): U 'Wai Sohlaper Pep Ïew U 'wai sohlaper u dei u sohkwai khlaw uba rit khria-khria bad ïa une u kwai kim ju leit die ha ïew. Ka jingong "u...
- [Interview with Lapdiang A. Syiem on World Theatre Day, 27th March 2022](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-lapdiang-a-syiem-on-world-theatre-day-27th-march-2022/): 1, Why do you choose indigenous themes for your performances?/ Balei phi jied da ki khanatang, khanaparom Khasi na ka bynta ki...
- [Lehraiñ uba peit ïa uba eit!](https://speakyourroots.in/lehrain-uba-peit-ia-uba-eit/): Kane ka jingong ka thew ïa kano kano ka kam kabym i dei satia ban leh, kaba sngew lehraiñ, kaba i jli ban peit ne kaba lah palat ïa u...
- ["Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka Meirisawkun" by Dr. Dondor Giri Nongkhlaw (2008)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-um-bad-ki-deiriti-ha-ka-meirisawkun-by-dr-dondor-giri-nongkhlaw-2008/): Ki kyntien na Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka Meirisawkun (2008) ba thoh da i Dr. Dondor Giri Nongkhlaw. Words from Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka...
- [Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti haka Meirisawkun, Part 2](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-um-bad-ki-deiriti-haka-meirisawkun-part-2/): Ki kyntien na Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka Meirisawkun (2008) ba thoh da i Dr. Dondor Giri Nongkhlaw. Words from Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka...
- [Different colours in Khasi Part II](https://speakyourroots.in/different-colours-in-khasi-part-ii/): Rong umshit ja - Dusty pink (literally the colour of water from boiled red rice) Rong lir - Indigo Rong ding - Flame red Rong pukir -...
- [Langwarku Sang Khyndew](https://speakyourroots.in/langwarku-sang-khyndew/): Langwarku Sang Khyndew (Ka Langbyrkaw ne Ka Langwarku) Ïa ka "Langbyrkaw"/ "Langwarku" ju ïohsngew ïa ka ba ka pah wat la ka long kaba...
- [Ki "myn"](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-myn/): Ka ktien "myn-arïa" ka dei ka adverb kaba mut katto katne por mynshuwa. The word "myn-aria" is an adverb which means some time ago. Ka...
- [Ki Lyer Pyrem, Part I](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-lyer-pyrem-part-i/): Ka 'Erpyrhaw "Ka 'Erpyrhaw" ka dei ka lyer khlaiñ kaba beh nyngkong jong ka snem. Kane ka lyer ka neh ha ka jingkhlaiñ bad jingjur tang...
- [Ehrang](https://speakyourroots.in/ehrang/): Ka ktien "ehrang" ka don ar jingmut. Ha kawei ka liang ka mut u ne ka briew kiba ïeng pyneh satar ha ki khep wat lada kane ka wanrah ïa...
- [U Bnai Lber by Careen J. Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/u-bnai-lber/): "U Bnai Lber'" (The month of March) by artist Careen Joplin Langstieh presents the visages of three Khasi women, who are at different...
- [Mano Ba Synshar Ïa Ka Sem/ Who Rules the Roost? by Esther Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/mano-ba-synshar-ia-ka-sem-who-rules-the-roost-by-esther-syiem/): Mano ba Synshar ïa ka Sem? - I Nga sngew ki ong ba 'iar kynthei mynta te ki synshar ïa ka sem; tad ynda, ryngkhat nga ïohi katai dyngngur...
- [Ngai-ly-ngai](https://speakyourroots.in/ngai-ly-ngai/): "Ngai-ly-ngai" ka dei ka adverb kaba mut kum haba hap arsut najrong, kum haba ong "ka wah ka tuid ngai-ly-ngai na u lum". Bunsien haba...
- [Ka Parinam](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-parinam/): "Ka Parinám" ka dei ka jingïathuhkhana ba donnam shaphang ki kam shlur. "Ka Parinám" is a story about the fame and glory garnered from...
- [Haba leit khawai](https://speakyourroots.in/haba-leit-khawai/): Da lah sah shabar ri lei lei, wow ka jingphohsniew ïa ki syrwa dohsñiang bad tyrso, tungrymbai, doh masi kylla... 😋😋🤤🤤 Da dei lei da...
- [Kurwan!](https://speakyourroots.in/kurwan/): Ka ktien "kur" toh hawa khut næ pah ïa yi ïa yi, khamtaam hawa khut syiar, kam wa jooh ong i "kur kur". Ka ktien "wan" mut wada lai tæ...
- [Ki mawsiang bymman](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-mawsiang-bymman/): Kane ka dei ka jingjia kaba shisha kaba jia la kham mynshuwa ïa i Mei jong ngi haba i dang leit skul. Ka dang dei ruh ka por haba ki...
- [Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise](https://speakyourroots.in/early-to-bed-early-to-rise-makes-a-man-healthy-wealthy-and-wise/): "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." Let's try to translate this into Khasi! To ngin pyrshang ban...
- [Ki nongjop jong ka International Mother Language Day Quiz](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-nongjop-jong-ka-international-mother-language-day-quiz/): Ngi ai khublei bad kitbok kitrwiang ïa ki nongjop jong ka International Mother Language Day Quiz! 😄🙏🥳🥳 Ki la bun bha kiba phah ïa ki...
- [Kren Khasi ne Kren Phareng?](https://speakyourroots.in/kren-khasi-ne-kren-phareng/): Kane ka dei kaba ngi hap ban ïa kren, ban ïa puson khamtam ïa ngi kiba sah ha sor. Ngi lah mlien palat ka kren phareng haduh ba ka lah...
- [Ka interview kaba pura bad i Kong Alma M. Syiem, International Mother Language Day 2022](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-interview-kaba-pura-bad-i-kong-alma-m-syiem-international-mother-language-day-2022/): Ka interview bad i Kong Alma M. Syiem ka dei sa kawei ka bynta jong ka rakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day, kaba la ïa snoh kti...
- [Interview with Father Barnes Mawrie, International Mother Language Day](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-father-barnes-mawrie-international-mother-language-day/): Kane ka dei ka interview kaba pura jong i Phadar Barnes Mawrie ha ka jingrakhe International Mother Language Day kaba dei ha ka 21 tarik...
- [Traditional Khasi attire](https://speakyourroots.in/traditional-khasi-attire/): Kat ki jaiñsem, dhara bad muka Khasi ym don shuh ha pyrthei! ❤️❤️ Ngi nym lap ba ka rukom sem jong ngi ka syriem ïa kiwei kiwei ki...
- [International Mother Language Day Quiz 4](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-quiz-4/): Kane ka dei ka jingkylli kaba khatduh jong ka International Mother Language Day Quiz! 😀 Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka...
- [Happy International Mother Language Day 2022](https://speakyourroots.in/happy-international-mother-language-day-2022/): Ka International Mother Language Day kaba kmen ïa phi baroh! 🌄🌧️🌈💫 Ka ktien kaba sawa na ka mariang na ka khyndew na ki mawbynna na...
- [Ka interview jong ka Big FM Radio bad i Phadar Barnes Mawrie](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-interview-jong-ka-big-fm-radio-bad-i-phadar-barnes-mawrie/): Ha kane ka interview bad ka Big FM Radio, i Phadar Barnes Mawrie i pynsngew ha ngi kumno ba ngi lah ban pynneh bad ban pynkhlaiñ ïa ka...
- [International Mother Language Day Quiz 3](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-quiz-3/): Kane ka dei ka jingkylli kaba lai! 😄 Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day, ka Big FM Radio bad ka...
- [Dialect Display #8](https://speakyourroots.in/dialect-display-4/): Kine ki dei ki entry kiba khatduh kiba ngi la ïoh na ka bynta ka Dialect Display! Ki video ki dei na Mawmih da i Lasiewdor Mawlong, na...
- [The making of "putharo"](https://speakyourroots.in/the-making-of-putharo/): Kine ki dur ki dei ha ka dukan ja ba kyrteng "Putharo Palace" ha So Mer, West Jaiñtia Hills District. ☕🍚 Khublei Shibun...
- [Dialect Display #6 and #7](https://speakyourroots.in/dialect-display-6-and-7/): Kine ki dei ki entry kiba hynriew bad ba hynñiew jong ka jingpyni ïa ki ktien shnong jong ngi! 😄😄 Kaba hynriew ka dei na i Rimiky...
- [International Mother Language Day Quiz 2](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-quiz-2/): Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day, ka Big FM Radio bad ka Speak Your Roots ki wallam ha phi ïa ka...
- [Ka Nongkhynraw](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-nongkhynraw/): "Ka nongkhynraw" ka dei kaei kaei kaba la kamai katba ym pat shongkurim. Ki ju ong ruh ia ka nongkhynraw kum ka " ïutran" "Ka...
- [Dialect Display #4 and #5](https://speakyourroots.in/dialect-display-4-and-5/): Kine ki dei ki entry ba saw bad ba san jong ka Dialect Display! 😃😃 Kaba saw ka dei na i @fdphy na Nongstoiñ bad kaba san ka dei na i...
- [Ooo phei roh khasei?](https://speakyourroots.in/ooo-phei-roh-khasei/): Ngi lah ju ïoh bun ki paralok tang na ka jingïasam bad ka jingïabam kwai 😄😄 U kwai uba ngi ki Khasi ngi bam u don la ka jong ka...
- [International Mother Language Day Quiz 1](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-quiz-1/): Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day, ka Big FM Radio bad ka Speak Your Roots ki wallam ha phi ïa ka...
- [Dialect Display #2 and #3](https://speakyourroots.in/dialect-display-2-and-3/): Ngi lah ïoh ïa ki entry ba ar bad ba lai ïa ka Dialect Display! 🗣️🗣️ Kaba nyngkong ka dei na Jowai, khublei shibun...
- [Ka Sohra](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sohra/): The following excerpt is from U Khasi Hyndai (1959) written by Rash Moon Roy Nongrum 43. La don bun jait ki ktien ha kane ka Ri Khasi Ri...
- [Syrtok](https://speakyourroots.in/syrtok/): "Syrtok" ka mut ba ha ka jingim jong ngi ne ha ki kam jong ngi la pynshisha da ki dak jong ka. Kum ha ka senten "ka jingim kaba la i...
- [Dialect Display #1](https://speakyourroots.in/dialect-display-1/): Ngi sngew kmen ba ngi lah ïoh ïa ka entry kaba nyngkong! 😀😀 Kane ka video ka dei na i Bah Kestar Wahlang, iba dei na Mawsynram. Ha ka...
- [International Mother Language Day Big FM & SYR 2022](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-big-fm-syr-2022/): Ka Big FM Radio bad ka Speak Your Roots ki ïa snoh kti lang ban rakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day kaba dei ha ka 21 tarik u...
- [Namar ba ka dohnud u briew...](https://speakyourroots.in/namar-ba-ka-dohnud-u-briew/): "Namar ba ka dohnud u briew ka dei ka jaka kaba rit eh ha kaba ka jingsngew jong u ka shong; pynban, dei na kata ka jaka ba ka bor kaba...
- [Bah Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/bah-khasi/): This image is perhaps the quintessential Khasi Bah whom we see from time to time 😄 From the coat to the muffler-turban worn on his head....
- [Orkyndok](https://speakyourroots.in/orkyndok/): Kaei ka "orkyndok"? Ka orkyndok ka dei ka synduk buh jingpruid. "Ka orkyndok" is the matchbox. A small package housing many fires...
- [Phnieng bad Phnieng Tyngam](https://speakyourroots.in/phnieng-bad-phnieng-tyngam/): Phnieng "Phnieng" ka mut ban pynkhun ïa u dieng jingriam kum ka jingpynap lypa ban pynngat ïa ki sim ne ki mrad kiba wan tur sha ka. Shuh...
- [Juhiwanki Pala, Winner of Dialect Contest, International Mother Language Day](https://speakyourroots.in/juhiwanki-pala-winner-of-dialect-contest-international-mother-language-day/): Ngi la ïoh ban kynduh ïa i @juhiwanki mynta ka sngi ha ka ophis jong ka @neindiaarchive 😄😄 ban ai ïa ka khusnam jong ka jingïakob ktien...
- [Kamai їa ka hok](https://speakyourroots.in/kamai-%d1%97a-ka-hok/): Sngewbha ai ia ka jingsngewthuh jong phi shaphang ka jingong "Kamai ïa ka hok" @mebatei_l_khongsit: Ha jingsngewthuh jong nga kamut ba...
- [Ki kyrteng Khasi-Pnar/ Khasi-Pnar names](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kyrteng-khasi-pnar-khasi-pnar-names/): Khublei Shibun ïa ki kyrteng Khasi-Pnar kiba phi lah phah! 🙏🙏 Kiba sngewtynnat bad kit jingmut suda! 😄😄 Lah dep buh ïa ki baroh ha...
- [Ki nongjop jong ka jingïakob ktien shnong (Dialect contest)](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-nongjop-jong-ka-jingiakob-ktien-shnong-dialect-contest/): Ngi sngew kmen ban pynbna ïa ki nongjop jong ka jingïakob ktien shnong (dialect contest)! 😃😃 Ngi kitbok kitrwiang ïa phi ba phin nang...
- [Interview with Rangkitbok Dikrud, International Mother Language Day](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-rangkitbok-dikrud-international-mother-language-day/): KA JINGSHIT SHANE SHA NGI da i Rangkitbok Dikrud Ka jingshit shane sha ngi ka wan da ka jingsyang tram. Khluit tdaiñ. Phuh syep buhrieh....
- [Interview with Daohi Manar, International Mother Language Day](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-daohi-manar-international-mother-language-day/): JINGJOP — The victory day of Meghalaya da i Daohi Manar Ngi lah jop! Ha sngap ki ia pyrta Jingap-khmih lynti, Urlong shisha Tat haduh u...
- [Happy International Mother Language Day 21st February 2023](https://speakyourroots.in/happy-international-mother-language-day-21st-february-2023/): Ha kane ka sngi bad man la ka sngi ngin kyntiew bad pynneh pynsan ïa la ka ktien tynrai ba kan nang riewspah, nang jylliew khnang ba ki...
- [Where is the dialect from? #4](https://speakyourroots.in/where-is-the-dialect-from-4/): Khublei ïa phi baroh! Kane ka dei ka jingïakob halor ki ktien shnong (dialect contest) na ki bynta ba pher jong ka ri Khasi kum shi bynta...
- [Nga khmah a phai/ I miss you](https://speakyourroots.in/nga-khmah-a-phai-i-miss-you/): I miss you - Nga khmah ïa phai, ka daw ka iong pynkylla ktian ha ka kyntian chnong cji. "Nga khmah ïa phai" a "Nga lah khmah bha ïa phai"...
- [Interview with Mebateibor Khongsti, International Mother Language Day](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-mebateibor-khongsti-international-mother-language-day/): Ka Dor ki Nonghikai da i Mebateibor Khongsti Haba phaidien ki por b'la leit, Ki snem b'la iaid lynti, Ngim lah shemphang ngim sngew lah...
- [Where is the dialect from? #3](https://speakyourroots.in/where-is-the-dialect-from-3/): Khublei ïa phi baroh! Kane ka dei ka jingïakob halor ki ktien shnong (dialect contest) na ki bynta ba pher jong ka ri Khasi kum shi bynta...
- [Interview with Freedyboy Majaw, International Mother Language Day 2023](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-freedyboy-majaw-international-mother-language-day-2023/): Ka Jingphohsniew da i Freedyboy Majaw Ha jingiabun briew nga iohi iaphi, Hangta habar phi shong syaid sngi; Ka dur jong phi ba phuh...
- [Where is the Dialect from? #2](https://speakyourroots.in/where-is-the-dialect-from-2/): Khublei ïa phi baroh! Kane ka dei ka jingïakob halor ki ktien shnong (dialect contest) na ki bynta ba pher jong ka ri Khasi kum shi bynta...
- [Khasi Rap Song, International Mother Language Day 2023](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-rap-song-international-mother-language-day-2023/): Woohooo!! Kane ka dei ka jingrwai rap kaba la rwai da i @hephzibah585 Hephzibah D Pohthmi, i @scolas.d Scholastica Nongbri bad i...
- [Where is the Dialect from? #1](https://speakyourroots.in/where-is-the-dialect-from-1/): Khublei ïa phi baroh! Kane ka dei ka jingïakob halor ki ktien shnong (dialect contest) na ki bynta ba pher jong ka ri Khasi kum shi bynta...
- [U Maw Lai-Khlieh told by Labianglang Diengdoh](https://speakyourroots.in/u-maw-lai-khlieh-told-by-labianglang-diengdoh/): U Maw Lai-Khlieh ba la ïathuh da i Labianglang Diengdoh Mynba dang lung ka sngi u bai, ha ka por ba ki briew ki dang hok, dang shida, la...
- [Khasi Limerick](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-limerick/): Haba dang mut ba lah shit tipma ha ka tapmoh kum lymbit, ki lyoh ka lyer ki ong wat ang kumto tynghong bad puh samthiah ha sngi! Balei...
- [Introduction to "Tales of Darkness and Light" by Janet Hujon](https://speakyourroots.in/introduction-to-tales-of-darkness-and-light-by-janet-hujon/): Tales of Darkness and Light: Soso Tham’s Ki Sngi Barim U Hynñiewtrep: The Old Days of the Khasis (Translation and Commentary by Janet...
- [Review of "Shadows of light" by Laïamon N. Nengnong](https://speakyourroots.in/review-of-shadows-of-light-by-laiamon-n-nengnong/): "Shadows of Light" directed and written by Damenshan Hynniewta is deftly and most intelligently created. The script, acting, music and...
- [Ka thaiñ polo](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-thain-polo/): Ka dur haba dang thaiñ polo kaba la phah da i @carey_lynz katba i dang ïaid ïa ka Mawryngkhang Trek ne ka Bamboo Trail ha Wahkhen....
- [Khot ïa nga Meiieit](https://speakyourroots.in/khot-ia-nga-meiieit/): Ïoh ka poi ka por ba ngim ïa nang shuh ban kam ha ka rukom kaba dei ïa ki bahaïing hasem la jong. Ïoh ngi kylla Aunty/ Uncle lut...
- [Ka Kiew Pyneh Rngiew Pynksan Rngiew](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-kiew-pyneh-rngiew-pynksan-rngiew/): Khublei Shibun @hammarsing for allowing to post these photographs 🙏😄 @hammarsing says: Cleaning and other arrangements underway in...
- ["Mawpoiñ" game held in St. Mary's College, Shillong during the Sawangka Festival, 2019.](https://speakyourroots.in/mawpoin-game-held-in-st-mary-s-college-shillong-during-the-sawangka-festival-2019/): This is a video of the last 17 seconds of a round of "Mawpoiñ" held in 2019 in St. Mary's College, Shillong during the Sawangka Festival....
- [Ka Dakha Wa Syang](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dakha-wa-syang/): "Ka Dakha Wa Syang" kaba ju bam ki Pnar 🐟🐟 Smoked fish which is usually eaten by the Pnar community 🐟🐟 Ju ïohsngew ba ki Khasi ki...
- [Khasi language accepted in Calcutta University](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-language-accepted-in-calcutta-university/): In 1903, the Khasi language was accepted as one of the languages that could be used during entrance examinations in Calcutta University,...
- [Excerpt from "Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka Meirisawkun" (2008)](https://speakyourroots.in/excerpt-from-ka-um-bad-ki-deiriti-ha-ka-meirisawkun-2008/): Ki kyntien na Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka Meirisawkun (2008) ba thoh da i Dr. Dondor Giri Nongkhlaw. Words from Ka Um Bad Ki Deiriti ha ka...
- [Apot Sepsngi](https://speakyourroots.in/apot-sepsngi/): Ka ktien "apot" ka mut ka jingjynjar, ka lanot, ka suhsat bad ka shitom. The Khasi word "apot" refers to the experience of hardship,...
- [Ka Phniang Ka Pjei](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-phniang-ka-pjei/): "Ka Phniang Ka Pjei" ka dei ka kmie ne kiba haïing hasem kiba dang dei na kajuh ka jait ne ka kur; u thied u symbai. "Ka Phniang Ka Pjei"...
- [Kyrwoh and Ai Kyrwoh](https://speakyourroots.in/kyrwoh-and-ai-kyrwoh/): Ka ktien "Kyrwoh" ka mut ka jingteh, ka ksah ne ka sati. "Ai kyrwoh" ka mut kaba phah khubor; kaba lam ktien; kaba ai jingtip. The Khasi...
- [U Kiang Nangbah](https://speakyourroots.in/u-kiang-nangbah-1/): Kiang Nangbah Kiang Nangbah, Ya me da phrang dei mynsien dap chynrang, Ka yutran wa khia, kit mi neibynta ka ri, Tang wow im ka jaitbru,...
- [Ka Por Kristmas da i Occyliana M. Syiemiong](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-por-kristmas-da-i-occyliana-m-syiemiong/): Ki jingpynkhreh kyrpang baroh. Naduh najrong haduh hapoh; Habar ka ïing lynti syngkein Thaba ki rong i phuh i phieng. Bun jingbakla dei...
- [Myllung Ka Ri da i Dameshwa Rymbai](https://speakyourroots.in/myllung-ka-ri-da-i-dameshwa-rymbai/): Myllung Ka Ri Na Ri ki lyoh bad ki kshaid. Ka shnong ba la bna nam. U Khun phrangsngi u mih, Jong I Hat Tongper, I Lyngkien Tham. Khun...
- [U Khraw Pyrkhat da i Daohi Manar](https://speakyourroots.in/u-khraw-pyrkhat-da-i-daohi-manar/): U KHRAW PYRKHAT - A poem honouring the life of U Soso Tham by Da0hi Manar Namar, "Kama ka ap haba la than eh ka suk" Bad la pyrdaiñ ruh...
- ["Ka La'er Tlang" da i Manhaoo Paswet](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-la-er-tlang-da-i-manhaoo-paswet/): Ka la'er wa daitthah ka la'er tlang, I khyndaw da raw, da sdang u pdang, Ka la'er yei mynsien wa pyn ka-it, Ha pyrdi i kjam kawa pynchong...
- ["Ki kti wad jingsyaid..." da Daiarisa Rumnong (Haiku)](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kti-wad-jingsyaid-da-daiarisa-rumnong-haiku/): Ki kti wad jingsyaid ïa ding saw kyrkhu arti, sla kyrthop ki hap. - Daiarisa Hands searching for warmth, bless a fire with joined hands,...
- [Ka Por da Naomi C. Nonglait](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-por-da-naomi-c-nonglait/): "La biang katto," ka ong ka por, Haba u briew la lut ka bor, Jingim la ïaid man la ka sngi, Mynta la poi te sha sepngi. Ani! To ap shuwa...
- ["Mylliem" by Esther Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/mylliem-by-esther-syiem/): Village of my ancestors secure in your remoteness where your men stoke their forges under makeshift shelters; shacks of molten fire that...
- [U Kba da i Rangskhembor Mawblei](https://speakyourroots.in/u-kba-da-i-rangskhembor-mawblei/): Kba u symbai u kba u soh, u khaw ka ïing man I'u symboh. Sara ne thung U ïeng hi joit, 'dak ka pateng u briew u ïoh. Khyndew ka riew ba...
- [Saw Ka Tyngab](https://speakyourroots.in/saw-ka-tyngab/): "Saw ka tyngab" ka dei ka jingong Khasi kaba kren shaphang ka por kaba dangstep phyrngab. Ha ka jingbatai, ka ktien "phyrngab" ka dei ka...
- [Khasi words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents-2/): Delay- Pynlat Belonging- Deitrai Surface- Ka Lor A total, a sum- Jymma Celebrate- Kyntiewburom Appointment letter- Ka Sunod We haven't...
- [Jingim Por Tlang da i Mebatei L. Khongsit](https://speakyourroots.in/jingim-por-tlang-da-i-mebatei-l-khongsit/): Jingim por tlang Jingkjam te long ba lah palat, Sngew ngih hi thui wat bin sait kjat, Ynñioh jaket ba rben samup, Lynjur lah hi da nge...
- [Translation](https://speakyourroots.in/translation/): Khyndiat ki jingpuson shaphang ka jingpynkylla ktien: Ka dei kaei kaei kaba sngewtynnat bad kaba phylla ba ka riti ka dustur kaba la ai...
- [Dukan kot Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/dukan-kot-khasi/): 😄😄 Ïathuh hok, bun na ngi ngim da tip bha naei ban ïoh ki kot Khasi 😆 Ki kot Khasi ki bun, tangba dang duna ki nongpule. 📖✍️ We ...
- [Sming Smong](https://speakyourroots.in/sming-smong/): This is a satiric take on a Khasi colloquialism 😄 "Sming Smong" is a dangerous disorder afflicting convent-educated/ foreign-returned/...
- [The Social Contract by Jean Jacques Rousseau](https://speakyourroots.in/the-social-contract-by-jean-jacques-rousseau/): "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains. Here's one who thinks he is the master of others, yet he is more enslaved than they...
- [Khasi accent](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-accent/): Kren beit kumba dei ban kynnoh lada dei "gobaarmen" ne "Sketriat" ruh 😂😂 If we can Anglicise then we should Khasinise too!
- [Ka Lashai da Dameshwa Rymbai](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-lashai-da-dameshwa-rymbai/): Tang mar ia ioh ia ka sngi thymmai, Ka kam ngi buh ha khmat duh eh. Ha thwei pyrkhat ki lad kamai, Kat ha ha sla pyrthei ngi dang mareh....
- [Ka Khulpi/ Secret](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-khulpi-secret/): "Ka khulpi" ka dei ka jingshisha ba la buhrieh; ka dei kaei-kaei ka bym lah ban iohi. I Rev. Dr. Ïarington Kharkongor ha ka Dienshonhi...
- [Ka por shoh kba](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-por-shoh-kba/): Ishhhh ka por shoh kba! 😍😍🌾🌾 Katno ngut na ngi ngi dang ïoh ban mad ïa kane? Ka sngi ba syaid 🌤️ Ka lyer ba beh jem jai 🌬️ U soh ka...
- [Thied Syad Yei Saja](https://speakyourroots.in/thied-syad-yei-saja/): I oŋ "Thied syad yei saja" toh i kûntien pharchi wajōh sñau bha i na ki waheh, khamtam na ka Bei u Pa, hawa sneiñ wa krō ki ya ki khon. I...
- [Hun hala ka bor da i Mebatei L. Khongsti](https://speakyourroots.in/hun-hala-ka-bor-da-i-mebatei-l-khongsti/): Hun hala ka bor Ha pyrthei ba beh ïa shibun ki rong, Nga hun da i black and white, Ha ka juk pynstyle sñiuh bun rukom, Nga hun ban shu...
- [Wan ïalam samla sha ïing](https://speakyourroots.in/wan-ialam-samla-sha-iing/): Bun na ngi haba ïa kren bad ki Meiieit, Paieit ne ki tymmen ha ïing, ngin kut beit ha ka "Shisha seh?!" 😄 Kaba ong i Meiieit ne Paieit...
- [U Salah Chet Sngat](https://speakyourroots.in/u-salah-chet-sngat/): "U Salah Chet Sngat" u dei ka rukom shet phan jong ki Pnar. U dei u phan/ sohlah uba shet sboh da kaba kylla bad u neiïong 🥔🥔 Khlem u...
- [Ka Liengmakaw da Jespil Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-liengmakaw-da-jespil-syiem/): There was once an orphaned youth U Manik by name who had no living relative in the world. He was nicknamed U Manik Raitong, meaning the...
- [Ym don pyrthei shuh, Ym long briew shuh](https://speakyourroots.in/ym-don-pyrthei-shuh-ym-long-briew-shuh/): Ka jingong "Ym don pyrthei shuh" ka pynpaw ïa ka jingsngew kaba lah poi shaba palat u pud. Kane ka jingong ka thew ban pynsngew ïa kaba...
- [Ko Meirad phi leh aïu?](https://speakyourroots.in/ko-meirad-phi-leh-aiu/): Ko Meirad, phi leh aïu? Nga wad thyrnia... Ban leh aïu thyrnia? Ban suh ka pla... Ban leh aïu ka pla? Ban thep pisa... Ban leh aïu pisa?...
- [U 'Nai-it](https://speakyourroots.in/u-nai-it/): U ’Nai-it u dei u bnai uba shiphew jong ka snem, u dei u bnai uba ar jong ka Synrai. U bnai ba nyngkong jong ka Synrai u dei u 'Nailar. U...
- [Translation of emojis into Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/translation-of-emojis-into-khasi/): 🤣 Rkhie ha ban da mih ummat/ Rkhie ïapler ïapang 🤫 Khana lorni bym long ïathuh, tangba lah dep ïathuh 🥺 Shri ïam bad ka pyneh shyntur...
- ["Bira-biri"](https://speakyourroots.in/bira-biri/): Ki kyntien "Bira-biri" ki mut ba lamwir jingmut, ba lyngngoh, ba kulmar, ne ba lynrum lynram. The Khasi adjective "Bira-biri" elaborates...
- [Test Test Test](https://speakyourroots.in/test-test-test/): "U Myllung Ka Mynnor" is an original Khasi poem by @george_suting11 Khublei Shibun ba phi la phah ïa kane ka poim!
- [U Thawlang](https://speakyourroots.in/u-thawlang/): Pateng la pateng, ka jaitbynriew ka tip ban burom la U Thawlang uba wan pynroi ïa ka jait ka khong. U shynrang uba leit shongkha nyngkong...
- [Ka dukan jadoh ha Iongpiah](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dukan-jadoh-ha-iongpiah/): Jadoh Sniaŋ Wûm phi Wow tam ya ka cha sõ Hawa jrem pathan Yeh noh chõh-Hiar ha sla kjat. Tæ kammon pûrkhat phi Wûm toh dei jadoh Ïoŋpiah...
- [Ko khun syiem ale wan sum](https://speakyourroots.in/ko-khun-syiem-ale-wan-sum/): "Ko khun syiem ale wan sum..." "Ynnai ba rit ka pung" "Thep da ka kot shispah ban heh ka pung!" Te ynda lah thep ïa ka pisa (ne ka...
- [Ki pliang ba don ha ka dukan jadoh jong ka Kong Rymbai ha Iongpiah, Jowai.](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-pliang-ba-don-ha-ka-dukan-jadoh-jong-ka-kong-rymbai-ha-iongpiah-jowai/): Kini ki pliang em ki ha ka dukan jadoh yong ka Kong Rymbai, kawa em ha Iongpiah, Jowai. 🍚🍚 Ym emkám u ong, da sñiawthuh hi phi wa bang...
- [Kyrtoh Lyndet](https://speakyourroots.in/kyrtoh-lyndet/): Ka ktien "kyrtoh" ka mut ban rynsied ne ban kynthih; ka thew ruh ïa ka jingryngkoh nalor ka jingker. Ka jingong "kyrtoh lyndet" ka mut ka...
- ["Moving Stones: A Guide to the Stone Monuments of the Khasi-Jaiñtia Hills" by Nathaniel Majaw](https://speakyourroots.in/moving-stones-a-guide-to-the-stone-monuments-of-the-khasi-jaintia-hills-by-nathaniel-majaw/): These are some snippets from Moving Stones: A Guide to the Stone Monuments of the Khasi and Jaiñtia Hills by @nathanielmajaw...
- [Searching for "U Star" by Lapdiang Syiem](https://speakyourroots.in/searching-for-u-star-by-lapdiang-syiem/): We were looking to find u star for a new performance we were working on and our first instinct was to look for it in Ïewduh. The lady who...
- [Tlieng-Khatar-Pruh](https://speakyourroots.in/tlieng-khatar-pruh/): Ka jingong "Tlieng-khatar-pruh" ka dei ka ktien sin ïa u briew uba jynsur mynsiem bad uba kloi ban ïarap ïa kiba duk basuk. The Khasi...
- [Sa shi hud ki kyntien](https://speakyourroots.in/sa-shi-hud-ki-kyntien/): Seasoned; Full grown - Kyrïaw Treasurer - U Khajanshi: U Nongkynshew Tide - Ka Jwarbata: Ka Atphyllung Stipulate - Ka Miaj Sheet of paper...
- [Ka Puramit](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-puramit/): "Ka Puramit" ka dei ka jingpynlong ïa ki jingïasyllok barieh ne haba pynlong ka jingïashem kyrpang. Ïa ka ktien "Puramit" la ju pyndonkam...
- [Ki Boit by Saweini Laloo](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-boit/): Saweini says: Boit is a mythical character in Khasi folklore. The boit is the equivalent of the English "dwarf" and is believed to have...
- [U 'Suidnia](https://speakyourroots.in/u-suidnia/): U 'Suidnia u dei u Kñi rangbah jong kano kano ka kur uba leit nyngkong eh sha ka Mawbah (maw buh shyieng jong kano kano ka kur) bad uba...
- [Bam Kynjing](https://speakyourroots.in/bam-kynjing/): Ka jingong "bam kynjing" ka thew ïa ka jingpyrshang ban kiar ïa kata ka bym sngewtynnat ban bam, tangba la shu bam la ka bam namar bym...
- [The Maram Dialect](https://speakyourroots.in/the-maram-dialect/): The Maram Dialect U dak thoh "C" u dei u wei na ki dak ba kongsan bha uba ki briew kiba kren ïa ka shnat-ktien Maram ki pyndonkam bha....
- [Ka ktien ka long kaba im/ Language is alive](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-ka-long-kaba-im-language-is-alive/): Ka ktien ka long kaba im namar la kren ïa ka da ki briew kiba im. Ki briew kiba mad ïa ka kmen ka sngewsih, kiba don ki jingkhlaiñ bad...
- [Sem Dieng da Treiborlang Lyngdoh Mawlong](https://speakyourroots.in/sem-dieng-da-treiborlang-lyngdoh-mawlong/): Treibor says: Ka jingshon jingmut ba nyngkong jong nga ban thohdur ïa katei haneng kadei ha ka por ba dang ïa shna ïa i "cjung khoh" (ha...
- ["Ki Katto Katne Ba Iadei Bad Ka Indigenous Music" da i Ubahunlang Dkhar Tmar](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-katto-katne-ba-iadei-ka-indigenous-music-da-i-ubahunlang-dkhar-tmar/): Ka Lamphrang Dang shen ka kynhun synrop ki ri ka pyrthei lane ka United Nations, lyngba ka tnad treikam Department of Economic and Social...
- [Ka Chu-noŋkûlliaŋ](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-chu-nonkullian/): Ka Chu-noŋkûlliaŋ Ka kûntien"Chu-noŋkûlliaŋ" toh ka ktien Pnar paka kawa ha kini ki sŋi wûm em de u sñau i ha wa klam ha wa khape. Yæ u...
- [Da lah pule kot Khasi...](https://speakyourroots.in/da-lah-pule-kot-khasi/): Wow ko sohsat sohjew lada ka eh ka kot Khasi 😅🥵 Tharai bun na ngi kiba pule ngin sngew kumne 😂😂 Kaei ka kot Khasi kaba phi sngew eh...
- [Ka Pla Kwai](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-pla-kwai/): Ko Pla Kwai, phi long kaba kynsai tam. La mynta ne lashai, ïa phi ngim kwah pyndam Ko Pla Kwai phi ai ka kmen ka syaid. La haba kut ne ba...
- [Kaei ka dream vacation jong phi?](https://speakyourroots.in/kaei-ka-dream-vacation-jong-phi/): Kumno yn pynkylla sha ka Khasi ïa ka "dream vacation"? 😅😂 Teng teng ngi sngew sarong ne ngi kop ba ngi lah wankai shata, ba ngi lah poi...
- [Interview with Naphibahun Lyngdoh, Archaeologist](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-naphibahun-lyngdoh-archaeologist/): Celebrating International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9th August 2022 1. What do you think is special about the history of the...
- [Interview with Careen J. Langstieh, Artist](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-careen-j-langstieh-artist/): 1. How and why is art a suitable medium to portray indigenous life?/ Kumno bad balei ka jingdro dur ka long ka lynti pdeng kaba ïahap ban...
- [Ïuh Tdong Bseiñ](https://speakyourroots.in/iuh-tdong-bsein/): Ïuh tdong bseiñ Ka jingong "ïuh tdong bseiñ" ka thew ïa kano kano ka jingjia kaba sngew kyndit shaba palat. Kata ka jingjur jong ka...
- [United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) (Khasi translation)](https://speakyourroots.in/united-nations-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples-undrip-khasi-translation/): Sngewbha ñion ha ka link hapoh ba phin lah ban pule ïa KA DULIR UNITED NATIONS HALOR KA HOK KI TRAI MULUK-TRAI JAKA...
- [Lum Shyllong da i Dameshua Rymbai](https://speakyourroots.in/lum-shyllong-da-i-dameshua-rymbai/): Kynrem phi ieng ha ka burom Pyrthei ka peit ka da iaroh U syiem rangbah phi long Napdeng kiwei kiba don sawdong. Ban klet kumno ka lah...
- [Ong sanphew ba ong](https://speakyourroots.in/ong-sanphew-ba-ong/): Wat sngew eiei tangba kane ka dei ka jingshisha 😄🤌🤌 Kan sdang beit da: "Ohh phi ki Pnar? Yong kur phi?" 😄😉 If you're Pnar, you'll...
- [Ki Kyntien Ban Pyndonkam](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kyntien-ban-pyndonkam/): Ba sule - Useful Ka Paham - Valley Ka Samnat - Will Thawlir - Joke Hawei-ha-ar - Elsewhere U Nudphngar - Extremist Ka Satap - Crevice U...
- [Ki kmie mynta, ki kmie mynshuwa](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kmie-mynta-ki-kmie-mynshuwa/): Phi shait kynmaw kumno mynshuwa haba dang ïa lehkai shi khrui, da lah dei ka por ban dih sha ne ban bam ja i Mei in shu pyrta beit?...
- [Ki Kyntien Ïamir ne Ki Kyntien Saiñ/ Coinage of Khasi Words](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-kyntien-iamir-ne-ki-kyntien-sain-coinage-of-khasi-words/): Ki Kyntien Ïamir ne Ki Kyntien Saiñ/ Coinage of Khasi words Identity: "Shap kyrpang" Mind: "Saiñ pyrkhat" Ka jingthaw ïa ki kyntien...
- [U diengshaiñ-doh da i Ribait Phawa](https://speakyourroots.in/u-diengshain-doh-da-i-ribait-phawa/): Ha u ban ot-dkhot ne ot-lyngkhai, la mon-sngewbha ne haba donkam. Jingshlur nabar la shah ring-stai, Jingmut bakhraw na lyndet ki ksam....
- ["Ki Tynrai" da @speakyourroots](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-tynrai-da-speakyourroots/): Ki Tynrai Ki tynrai jong ngi kin khlaiñ. Ki tynrai ka dohnud. Ki tynrai ka saiń pyrkhat. Ki tynrai jong ngi kin ïeng shisha. Ki tynrai ka...
- [Jied-Shiah](https://speakyourroots.in/jied-shiah/): Ka jingong "Jied-Shiah" ka thew ïa ka rukom leh kaba long janai bad bniah ïa kano kano ka kam. Shuh shuh, ka kdew ïa ka jingjied ïa kaei...
- [Behdieñkhlam](https://speakyourroots.in/behdienkhlam/): Ki dur Behdieñkhlam wa da phah da u @duwaki9 😄🌾🌿🌲 Khublei Chiboon for sending these pictures! 🙏🙏 Dur 1 bad 2: Ka lehniam “Ka Siang...
- [Encouraging the creation of Khasi hashtags!](https://speakyourroots.in/encouraging-the-creation-of-khasi-hashtags/): Kum shi bynta ban pynroi ïa ka ktien Khasi, ka Speak Your Roots ka kyntu ban pyndonkam da ki hashtag Khasi! To ngin ïa pyrkhat bad pynmih...
- [Ksan Rympei, Rem Dorbar and Khraw Jutang](https://speakyourroots.in/ksan-rympei-rem-dorbar-and-khraw-jutang/): Ksan Rympei Rem Dorbar U briew uba heh ka nia ka jutang tang ha kyndong bad ha rieh, hynrei uba suhjer ban ang shi kyntien ha khmat ka...
- [Excerpts from the article "Poiphang Ka Thawhi Ban Peiphang" by Raphael Warjri](https://speakyourroots.in/excerpts-from-the-article-poiphang-ka-thawhi-ban-peiphang-by-raphael-warjri/): Excerpts from the article "Poiphang Ka Thawhi Ban Peiphang" by Raphael Warjri, which appeared in u Nongsaiñ Hima on 15th June 2022 Ki...
- [Dih ne nym dih](https://speakyourroots.in/dih-ne-nym-dih/): Ha kawei ka sngi don uwei u briew na nongkyndong ba leit shim dawai sha sor. Ynda u doktor u la kynduh bad eksamin ïa u, u la batai ba u...
- [Dai/ Die](https://speakyourroots.in/dai-die/): Ka khana biria ba nga la ïohsngew kham slem.. Shisien ki shi lok kiba dang shu ïa shong ïa sah ryngkat ki ïa shongkai bad ïakhlei ki...
- [Ngan pynriewspah їa ka ktien jong nga!](https://speakyourroots.in/ngan-pynriewspah-%d1%97a-ka-ktien-jong-nga/): Khublei Shibun Bah Heh Bart ba phi la pynsngew ïa ka symboh pyrkhat kaba dei shisha ha kane ka por. Ka ktien ka thylliej ka donkam ïa ngi...
- [Ka Ktien "Sahnud"](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-sahnud/): Kumno ngin pynkylla ïa ka kyntien "sahnud" sha ka English? Ym don tang kawei ka kyntien kaba lah ban batai ïa baroh ki jingsngew haba...
- [Ka Ktien Khasi❤️](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-khasi/): Katno ka shoh ka mynsiem da ngi lah sngap ïa ki kyntien kiba shongkhia, kiba tan ïa u dohnud, kiba ud ïa ka kiew artet bad ka hiar arsut...
- [Khaisap](https://speakyourroots.in/khaisap/): Ka ktien Pnar "Khaisap" ka dei ka ktien ka bym don kum ma ka ha ka ktien Khasi 😄 Kyrmen ba ka jingbatai ïa kane ka ktien ka la shai bad...
- [Texting in Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-messaging/): Ngi sngew kmen lada phi thoh ka msg ha ka phone da ka Khasi. Tangba sngewbha thoh da ka rukom kaba dei namar lada phi thoh kumne, ka dor...
- [What Language Do We Dream In?](https://speakyourroots.in/what-language-do-we-dream-in/): Ei Bahdeng, Bahnah nga mut kylli phi phohsniew aïu? Bad ha ka ktien aïu? 😄😂 Da nang bun ki ktien te tip ïoh haba phohsniew ruh mih bun...
- [Khasi words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents-4/): Sa shisien ki kyntien Khasi bad ki jingmut jong ki ha ka ktien English! 😃🅰️🆎🅱️ . . . Here are some Khasi words and their English...
- [Khasi Accent](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-accent-1/): Phi lah ïa shim "Ketli" ban tiew sha mynta ka step? 😄☕ Ha ka "Pongshor" kali lei lei te sngew jakhom hi khait! 😅 . . . Here are...
- ["Ama dum mar para khie"](https://speakyourroots.in/ama-dum-mar-para-khie/): "Amar dum mar para khie..." Kane ka jingrwai ka dei kaba bun na ngi, ngi lah ju ïa lehkai ha ka por khynnah ✨🍃🪁 Ka wanrah biang ïa ki...
- [Lap U Slap](https://speakyourroots.in/lap-u-slap/): U lap u slap ïa phi mynnin ne mynne? 😄🌧️⛈️ U slap u lah long kum u briew uba beh ïa ngi ha kine ki sngi ba jur bad slap bad lyer 🌪️☔⚡...
- [Mynsiem Jhur](https://speakyourroots.in/mynsiem-jhur/): Phi lah ju ïohsngew ïa ka jingong "Mynsiem Jhur"? 😄❤️🫒 Ka dei ka mynsiem kaba kloi ban ai sha kiwei, lada ka long da ka tiar ne ban ai...
- [Khasi words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents-3/): Kine ki dei sa shi hud ki kyntien Khasi bad ka jingmut jong ki ha ka English. ✍️🗣️ To ngin ïa pyndonkam ïa ki!...
- [Sohsat Ka Sem Jaiñsem ...](https://speakyourroots.in/sohsat-ka-sem-jainsem/): Sohsat ka sem jaiñsem haba jur ka lyer 😅😅 Sngew kum ban lait noh hi. 🌬️🌬️🌬️ #meme #dursieh #khasimeme #khasijaiñsem #jaiñsem...
- [First Page of the first Khasi translation of the Bible in Bengali script, distributed in 1831 by Serampore Baptists.](https://speakyourroots.in/first-page-of-the-first-khasi-translation-of-the-bible-in-bengali-script-distributed-in-1831-by-ser/): Thank you @tarunbhartiya for an informative and interesting contribution on the first Khasi translation of the Bible in the Bengali...
- [Esther Syiem - International Mother Language Day 2024](https://speakyourroots.in/esther-syiem-international-mother-language-day-2024/): Kane ka dei ka jingïakren jong i Professor (Dr.) Esther Syiem bad i RJ Bob kum shibynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother...
- [Ka Sabon Ryngien](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sabon-ryngien/): "Ani ka jingneh met kum ka sabon ryngien!" 🧼😄😁 Ka sabon ryngien ka dei ka sabon ba ki thad ha ryngien ba kan eh bad ba kan kham soi...
- ["Ka Ktien Jong Nga" written by Daiarisa Rumnong and performed by Badakynti Nylla Iangngap](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien-jong-nga-written-by-daiarisa-rumnong-and-performed-by-badakynti-nylla-iangngap/): INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY 21st FEBRUARY 2024 🟡 SPECIAL FEATURE: PERFORMANCE POETRY Kane ka dei ka jingpule pynsawa jong ka poim...
- [Sukjai Swer - International Mother Language Day 2024](https://speakyourroots.in/sukjai-swer-international-mother-language-day-2024/): Kane ka dei ka jingïakren jong i Dr. Sukjai Swer bad i Rj Bob kum shibynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day. Ia...
- [Maxter Warjri - International Mother Language Day 2024](https://speakyourroots.in/maxter-warjri-international-mother-language-day-2024/): Kane ka dei ka jingïakren jong i Bah Maxter Warjri bad i Rj Bob kum shibynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day. I...
- [Daminot J. Wankhar - International Mother Language Day 2024](https://speakyourroots.in/daminot-j-wankhar-imld-2024/): Kane ka dei ka jingïakren jong i Bah Daminot J. Wankhar bad i Rj Bob kum shibynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Mother Language...
- [Ka "kynjoh-kha-skaiñ"](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-kynjoh-kha-skain/): Ka "kynjoh-kha-skaiñ" ka dei ka rukom kyrkhu haba kiew ïing thymmai. Ban tip kum ïa kine ki riti ki dustur ka long kaba sngewtynnat 😃😃...
- [Khasi Words and Their English Equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents-5/): Sa shisien kine ki dei khyndiat ki ktien Khasi bad ka jingmut jong ki ha ka ktien English! Kan long kaba bha shibun lada ngin kitkhia ban...
- [Pnar words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/pnar-words-and-their-english-equivalents/): Kine ki dei ki kyntien Pnar kiba la phah da i @xdtnoahjupejackllthmanar 😄 Khublei Chibōn wa phah phi ya kini ki kyntien Pnar, yow tip i...
- ["Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part II (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-ii-1903-2/): La mih na ïing la rung ha ïing mynmiet, Khyrdep mian ka jingkhang wat pynpatied; Wat khyrdep dadien ne khyrdep lyndet, Ïoh long kum ka...
- [U Mar Phalyngki](https://speakyourroots.in/u-mar-phalyngki/): SOSO THAM WEEK 12th December - 18th December 2023 Khublei Shibun @xdtnoahjupejackllthmanar na ka bynta ka poim ha ka English, ka jingthoh...
- ["U Myllung ka Mynnor" da i George H. Suting](https://speakyourroots.in/u-myllung-ka-mynnor-da-i-george-h-suting/): SOSO THAM WEEK 12th December - 18th December 2023 "U Myllung Ka Mynnor" is an original Khasi poem by @george_suting11 Khublei Shibun ba...
- [Ka khleh soh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-khleh-soh/): SOSO THAM WEEK 12th DECEMBER - 18th DECEMBER 2023 Khublei Shibun @a_seeker_of_wonders ïa kane ka video! 😄🙏 Ka lah dei ka por khleh soh...
- [Pyndap ïa ki senten!](https://speakyourroots.in/pyndap-ia-ki-senten/): Pyndap ïa kitei ki senten da ki kyntien ba la ai! Lada ngi ïohi ïa ki kyntien ha ki senten, ngin kham sngewthuh shai. 😄👍 Sngewbha thoh...
- [Ki ngab pdang...](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-ngab-pdang/): Lah sdang ki jingpait pdang mynta! 😬🥶 Glycerine te sngew sat syllang phi 🥲🥲 Many of us have memories of generous dollops of Boroline...
- [Review of "Por ba la leit" composed by (L) Loren Sing Marbañiang (Performed by Maxter Warjri and the Band, featuring Donbok Lyngdoh)](https://speakyourroots.in/review-of-por-ba-la-leit-composed-by-l-loren-sing-marbaniang-performed-by-maxter-warjri-and-the/): Deep within the soul-stirring verses of this song, one can't help but feel a profound contemplation of the cherished days of childhood,...
- [U khiew uba la sop phu-ïong](https://speakyourroots.in/u-khiew-uba-la-sop-phu-iong/): U khiew uba la sop phu-ïong ba thnam ha ka ding bad ka dohthad kaba la thad rkhiang ❤️🔥 This is a typical Khasi hearth along with soot...
- [Tynneng bad Tynneng Shrieh](https://speakyourroots.in/tynneng-bad-tynneng-shrieh/): Ka ktien Khasi "tynneng" (verb) ka mut ban pyrthuh bud ne ban pynbud ïa kaei kaei. Kane ka jingpyrthuh bud ka lah ban dei ha ka rukom im,...
- [Miaw bam khun](https://speakyourroots.in/miaw-bam-khun/): Ka jingong "Miaw bam khun" ka don bun ki jingbatai bad ki rukom sngewthuh. Kane ka jingong ka lah ban thew ïa ka kmie kaba pynwan ïa ka...
- ["Ka Jingim Ha Ki Kti Ka Por" da i Rangkitbok C. Dikrud](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingim-ha-ki-kti-ka-por-da-i-rangkitbok-c-dikrud/): "Ka Jingim Ha Ki Kti Jong Ka Por" is an original Khasi poem written by @rangkitbok_c 📝📖 Kane ka dei sa kawei ka poim kaba la phah da i...
- [Ka dur jong nga...](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dur-jong-nga/): Mano bym ieit ïa ki jingrwai Khasi khamtam ki jingrwai ba rim mynshuwa! 😄😄 Dei ban ïa shad noh da kito ki jingrwai haba don ka khawai...
- ["Ka Akor Babha" - Sweetymon Rynjah](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-akor-babha-sweetymon-rynjah/): Excerpt from Na Sla Ka Sohmyndur by Sweetymon Rynjah Ka jingbatai ïa ka kyntien ‘Akor’ ka long kaba eh, ym don kyntien kiba lah ban batai...
- [Ka Tyrko/ Ka Jingtyrko/ Ka Jingïakop Tyrko](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-tyrko-ka-jingtyrko-ka-jingiakop-tyrko/): Ka Tyrko (noun) ka dei ka kynhun ki samla kiba pule ha ka salonsari ne kino kino kiba wad bniah shaphang kano kano ka mat hapoh ka...
- ["La Tynrai" da i Divinia Tynsong](https://speakyourroots.in/la-tynrai-da-i-divinia-tynsong/): "La Tynrai” (One's Own Roots) is an original Khasi poem written by @_paper_and_poetry Khublei Shibun @_paper_and_poetry ba phi la phah ïa...
- [Another list of Khasi words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/another-list-of-khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents/): Lah slem khlem ïoh ban sah dak ïa ki kyntien Khasi kiba ngi lah ban pyndonkam na kawei ka sngi sha kawei pat 😄 Kyrmen ba ngin myntoi na...
- [Herbarium Sheet Series 3: Mulberry/ Sohlyngdkhur/ Miskuri](https://speakyourroots.in/herbarium-sheet-series-3-mulberry-sohlyngdkhur-miskuri/): HERBARIUM SHEET SERIES 3 by @micromotives The third in the Herbarium Sheet series is the leaf of the Mulberry tree or Dieng Sohlyngdkhur...
- [U ksew ha ïew luri lura by Tony Slong](https://speakyourroots.in/u-ksew-ha-iew-luri-lura-by-tony-slong/): World Folklore Day 2023 🏞️🌿 Kane ka matti jingdro da i @tonyslong ka pyni ïa u ksew ha ka khyllipmat ba u lap ïa ka tungrymbai shuwa ba...
- [Interview with Auswyn Japang, Assistant Professor and Research Scholar](https://speakyourroots.in/interview-with-auswyn-japang-assistant-professor-and-research-scholar/): 1. Ka ktien "folklore" ka mut aïu? Folklore ka dei ka jingiasoh jong ki ar tylli ki kyntien: ‘Folk’ kaba mut ki briew – ym tang kito kiba...
- [Coinage of photography terms in Khasi by Dr. Cherry Kharshiïng](https://speakyourroots.in/coinage-of-photography-terms-in-khasi-by-dr-cherry-kharshiing/): Mynta ka sngi 19 tarik u Nailar ka dei ka World Photography Day! 📷 📸 Na ka bynta ban rakhe ïa kane ka sngi kine ki dei ki kyntien kiba...
- [Ka por lungsiej!](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-por-lungsiej/): Lah dei ka por bam lungsiej! Khublei Shibun @gregoria_ann3 na ka bynta kane ka video! 😄🙏 Ïa kane ka video la ring ha ka shnong Byrong,...
- [Ïa ki kot Khasi...](https://speakyourroots.in/ia-ki-kot-khasi/): Ha kane ka sngi laitluid ka ri, ngi pule ki kot Khasi aïu ban kham sngewthuh ïa ka ri la jong? Ngi ïoh ka jingtip bad ka jingstad aïu na...
- [Bukhir](https://speakyourroots.in/bukhir/): Ka ktien "bukhir" ka mut aïu? What is the meaning of the Khasi word "bukhir"? Ka ktien "bukhir" ka thew ïa u briew uba ieit sbai palat....
- [Untitled by Benedict S. Hynñiewta](https://speakyourroots.in/untitled-by-benedict-s-hynniewta/): International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 🏞️🌲🌱 Ban ïai bteng ïa ka jingrakhe jong ka Indigenous Peoples Day, kane haneng ka...
- [Woodcut of Phe Phe Falls by Wanhi-i Challam](https://speakyourroots.in/woodcut-of-phe-phe-falls/): International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 🌱🌲 Contribution by @wanhii.psd 😃 Title - "Untitled" Medium - Woodcut Editions...
- [Herbarium Sheet Series 2: Hyacinth Bean/ Rymbai Lyngkhap/ Toh Tari/ Na.kap](https://speakyourroots.in/herbarium-sheets-series-2-hyacinth-bean-rymbai-lyngkhap-toh-tari-na-kap/): Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, kane ka dei ka herbarium sheet jong u sla Ri...
- [The head of Nohkalikai Falls by Coops Kharlukhi](https://speakyourroots.in/the-head-of-nohkalikai-falls-by-coops-kharlukhi/): International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 🌱🍃 Kane ka dei ka matti jingdro jong i Bah @coops_kharlukhi jong ka khlieh...
- [Ka Ktien by Careen J. Langstieh](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-ktien/): International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 Khublei Shibun Kong @careenjoplinlangstieh na ka bynta ka jingdro dur rnga kaba...
- [Ki Snap u Longshuwa bad kiwei ki poim da i Dr. Pascal Malngiang](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-snap-u-longshuwa-bad-kiwei-ki-poim-da-i-dr-pascal-malngiang/): Khublei Shibun @mario_pathaw ba phi la phah ïa kine ki dur jong ka kot "Ki Snap U Longshuwa" ba la thoh da i Dr. Pascal Malngiang. Mario...
- [Herbarium Sheet Series 1: Tree Tomato/ Sohsaw Dieng/ Sohbaingon Dieng](https://speakyourroots.in/herbarium-sheet-series-1-tree-tomato-sohsaw-dieng-sohbaingon-dieng/): HERBARIUM SHEET SERIES 1 by @micromotives Kum shi bynta jong ka jingrakhe ïa ka International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, kane...
- [Ñiewkor ïa la ka bam da i Rangkitbok Dikrud](https://speakyourroots.in/niewkor-ia-la-ka-bam-da-i-rangkitbok-dikrud/): Ñiewkor ïa la ka bam Ha kane ka rongphong ka pyrthei sngi nongsepngi, wat ïa ka bam ka sa ba ïoh kyrhai ha la ïing, la pynriam jaiñ...
- [Ki Mawsiang Kulong Kumah Ka Sohra da i Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-mawsiang-kulong-kumah-ka-sohra-da-i-kynpham-sing-nongkynrih/): Ka poitri "Ki Mawsiang Kulong Kumah Ka Sohra" na ka thup "Ki Mawsiang Ka Sohra" (2007) ba la thoh da i Babu Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih ka...
- [U Tirot Sing and his contemporaries by Dr. Hamlet Bareh Ngapkynta](https://speakyourroots.in/u-tirot-sing-and-his-contemporaries-by-dr-hamlet-bareh-ngapkynta/): Mynta ka sngi ka 17 tarik u Naitung kaba dei ka lyngkhuh sngi ïap jong u Syiem Tirot Sing ngin pule ïa ka lynnong "Tirot Singh and His...
- [Khasi words related to housing and construction](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-related-to-housing-and-construction/): Pipe - U Ktangnar Carpet - Khalisha Balcony/ Veranda - Ka Batsha Ladder - Ka Parnon/ Ka Pyrnon Lever - U Jympor Plinth - Ka Shawrot Kine...
- [Tala Mylliem](https://speakyourroots.in/tala-mylliem/): Phi lah ju ïohi ne pyndonkam ïa ka "Tala Mylliem"? Kane ka tala ka dei ka tala kaba ju shna ha ri Khasi ha ka shnong Laitlyngkot, tangba...
- [Ïoh motion](https://speakyourroots.in/ioh-motion/): The phrase "Ïoh motion" is an example of a humorous Khasi colloquialism where the Khasi word "Ïoh" has been combined with the English...
- ["Sait" - Khasi Thesaurus](https://speakyourroots.in/sait-khasi-thesaurus/): Ki Bun Jait Ki Sait Sait - Wash, mostly in terms of clothes Khlieng - Wash, mostly in terms of utensils Phler - Soap rinse Sawar - Plain...
- [Lada fi sngw kwh...](https://speakyourroots.in/lada-fi-sngw-kwh/): Paitbah baroh, kane ka long ka jingpynbna kaba donkam 🗣️🗣️ Lada "feee" kren ne thoh da ka Khasi sngewbha kynnoh bad spell lut ki dak...
- [Phylla-soi](https://speakyourroots.in/phylla-soi/): Ka ktien "Phylla-soi" ka dei ka adverb kaba thew ia kaei kaei ka bym ju kham jia kynrei, kum ka jingjia kaba kyrpang kaba pynwan ia ka...
- [Ki laitylli ki daw ba u Rev. Thomas Jones u jied ïa ki dak Roman na ka bynta ka alphabet Khasi](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-laitylli-ki-daw-ba-u-rev-thomas-jones-u-jied-ia-ki-dak-roman-na-ka-bynta-ka-alphabet-khasi/): In writing the Khasi language, Thomas Jones chose the Roman scripts for three important reasons: (a) The difficulty of learning a hundred...
- [U Sohñiamtra Lyiur/ The Summer Orange](https://speakyourroots.in/u-sohniamtra-lyiur-the-summer-orange/): I Kongrit i rah ki jaiñ ban sait sha wah. Ka Lasubon ka bud ïa i katba ki rong thwei lyiur ka bneng ki her. I Kongrit i kyrjaw, ka...
- [Musings on Thomas Jones Day by Naomi C. Nonglait, Ph.D.](https://speakyourroots.in/musings-on-thomas-jones-day-by-naomi-c-nonglait-ph-d/): I remember my father told me once that he used to write in the Bengali Script. I never understood why he had to write in a script of...
- [“Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part II (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-ii-1903/): Da thew la jingkren jingïaid bad jingleh, Ba kan long kum ka jingkynshew ba neh; Wat ju leh than ka kamai kajih, Wat ju lut phut ha ka...
- [International Mother Language Day 2023](https://speakyourroots.in/international-mother-language-day-2023/): Sa shisien mynta u snem 2023 ngin ïa rakhe ïa ka International Mother Language Day ha ka 21 tarik u Rymphang! Ba ngin kyntiew bad sumar...
- [Discover Bridges: Footprints Left by Our Forefathers Part I](https://speakyourroots.in/discover-bridges-footprints-left-by-our-forefathers-part-i/): U Khasi and Bridges The Mei Mariang posed multiple challenges to U Khasi. Therefore, to overcome these challenges, U Khasi used his...
- [Ingkhong Shyllangmat](https://speakyourroots.in/ingkhong-shyllangmat/): Ingkhong-shyllang-mat (noun) U dei briew uba la shah khi lainuid bad shah kynthah dieng tyllaw ding na shyllangmat namar ka pap ka sang...
- [Ki Puriskam ne ki Khanatang?](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-puriskam-ne-ki-khanatang/): Ki Puriskam da lei lei kim lah ban long noh ki Khanatang, hynrei ki Khanatang Ki lah ban long noh tang ki Puriskam lada ngi klet noh ia...
- [Different kinds of stories](https://speakyourroots.in/different-kinds-of-stories/): On the 27th of September 2021, a question was asked about the difference between Khanatang, Puriskam-Purinam and other forms of Khasi...
- ["Ka Jingsneng Tymmen Shaphang ka Akor Khasi ha ka Rukom Rwai Phawar", Part I (1902) & Part II (1903)](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingsneng-tymmen-shaphang-ka-akor-khasi-ha-ka-rukom-rwai-phawar-part-i-1902-part-ii-1903-1/): Wat ju pynmlien ban kham wad phoi kynsha, Ba ka jingthmu baroh ruh ka bashla; Wat ju mlien khong-khong wat ju mlien iriang, Ba ïoh shun...
- [Jingtmang La Shnong da i Ibakor Shisha Kharmujai](https://speakyourroots.in/jingtmang-la-shnong-da-i-ibakor-shisha-kharmujai/): Na sor ngan leit sha shnong lajong Ban peit ki kha ban peit ki man Ban bam sohkymphor ban bam sohphan Ban khwai dohkha ban khwai dohtham...
- [Sohngang](https://speakyourroots.in/sohngang/): Mano ba bang sohngang? 😃😃 Phi kiba bang ban bam kthang te phi ïa bang ja bha da don une mo 😄 Phi ju shet kumno ïa u sohngang? Sohngang...
- [When Nature Remembers: A Study of Memoir in Water: Speaks the Wah Umkhrah by Esther Syiem (Excerpt)](https://speakyourroots.in/when-nature-remembers-a-study-of-memoir-in-water-speaks-the-wah-umkhrah-by-esther-syiem-excerpt/): When Nature Remembers: A Study of Memoir in Water: Speaks the Wah Umkhrah by Esther Syiem -Dr. Daiarisa Rumnong In Memoir in Water:...
- [Khasi Thesaurus](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-thesaurus/): Ki bun jait ki "Dom" Dom - Angry Dom riang - Short tempered Dom biej - Short tempered Shrai - Annoyed Bitar - Furious Bitar lep - Enraged...
- [The blue Jacaranda or Jacaranda mimosifolia](https://speakyourroots.in/the-blue-jacaranda-or-jacaranda-mimosifolia/): The scientific name of the blue Jacaranda is Jacaranda mimosifolia. The name Jacaranda as it is commonly known as, comes from the...
- ["U Phareng Ha Lawkyntang" da i Dewi Singh Khongdup](https://speakyourroots.in/u-phareng-ha-lawkyntang-da-i-dewi-singh-khongdup/): Excerpt from the story "U Phareng Ha Lawkyntang" from the book Ha Ki Sngi U Syiem by Dewi Singh Khongdup Kumta ha kawei pat ka sngi, u...
- ["La dikut u 'sai tyllai..."](https://speakyourroots.in/la-dikut-u-sai-tyllai/): "Mon Da Ka Mon Thymmai" da u Primrose Gatphoh 1. La dikut u 'sai Tyllai, Mon da ka mon ka Herimai! Phi lah ka Ksiar ne lah ka Rupa, Phi...
- [To, Ani, Wow, Mo, Ade](https://speakyourroots.in/to-ani-wow-mo-ade/): Ani - Ka ktien kaba pynpaw ïa ka jingkyndit ne ka jingbym lah shah shuh/ Oh my!; expressing surprise or being overwhelmed by something....
- [Thlen by Samuel Sawian](https://speakyourroots.in/thlen-by-samuel-sawian/): Between the years of the fall of the republic of U Syiem Lakriah, and the rise of the daughters of the River Nymphs, there was an age...
- [Ka kyntien Khasi "Kai"/ The Khasi word "Kai" by Janice Pariat](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-kyntien-khasi-kai-the-khasi-word-kai-by-janice-pariat/): In Khasi, the adverb "kai" suggests a mood that has no English equivalent and yet is very much a part of the lexicon of Khasi identity....
- [Darapjot](https://speakyourroots.in/darapjot/): Ka ktien Khasi "darapjot" ka dei ka jingpyrshang ban buhrieh ïa kaei kaei ka bym lah shuh ban buhrieh. Kane ka dei ka jingda ïalade ban...
- [Ñiangkongwieng khlem snier](https://speakyourroots.in/niangkongwieng-khlem-snier/): Ka jingong Khasi "Ñiangkongwieng khlem snier" ka ring jingmut na ka jingpah kaba mih na ka kpoh jong ka ñiangkongwieng kaba dap da ka...
- [Khasi Words and their English equivalents](https://speakyourroots.in/khasi-words-and-their-english-equivalents/): Useful - Ba Sule Sufficient - Sapa Rhythm - Ka Khriang Project - Ka Sengkreh Notify - Aibyrta Milestone - U Mawmaïer Junction - Ka Sdad...
- [The original name of Nohkalikai Fall](https://speakyourroots.in/the-original-name-of-nohkalikai-fall/): Ka Kshaid Nohkalikai Naduh hyndai kulong-kumah, hajan kawei ka shnong kaba kyrteng ka Rangjyrteh, ka tuid kawei ka wah kaba kyrteng ka...
- [Tynrai by Mario Pathaw](https://speakyourroots.in/tynrai-by-mario-pathaw/): Tynrai "Tynrai" is a Khasi term which means "Roots". This is a story written and illustrated by Pascal Mario Kmenlang Pathaw (Mario...
- [Ka lyer Pyrem bad ki lyer u Lber](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-lyer-pyrem-bad-ki-lyer-u-lber/): Andrew says: " "Lber" ka mut ba mih. Hadien jong ka jingtyrkhong ka mariang, ha une u bnai ne aïom, u slap u la sdang ban hap malu mala...
- [Shun ym pat pei, la paw penryngkew](https://speakyourroots.in/shun-ym-pat-pei-la-paw-penryngkew/): "Shun ym pat pei, la paw penryngkew" ka dei ka jingong kaba mut haba ïa ka jingshisha jong u briew ne kaei kaei la pynpaw noh shuwa ïa ka...
- [Ki Sur Poitri da Dameshwa Rymbai](https://speakyourroots.in/ki-sur-poitri-da-dameshwa-rymbai/): KI SUR POITRI NA THWEI PYRKHAT, KHULOM BA KHLEI HA KOT SADA. SAWAR JINGSHEMPHANG JINGSTAD; HA KI JINGTHOH KI PAW SHYNNA. KI KHANA IA...
- ["Jingim ha Nongkyndong" da Sam @nongkyndonglens](https://speakyourroots.in/jingim-ha-nongkyndong-da-sam-nongkyndonglens/): Ha ka mei ramew jong u nongthaw, Ha ki kjat sngi, phyrnai jong u lap praw. Ha u dieng soh ha tmier riat ngin pyneh, Sha lum sha wah ngin...
- [Pod shi Pod da Mebatei L. Khongsit](https://speakyourroots.in/pod-shi-pod-da-mebatei-l-khongsit/): La jlep u rum la jlep u neng, U thie rek rek tynruh lalot, "Imat u la kwah poi bneng kloi, Ha pdeng surok u kwah tei mot." La sngew...
- [Acculturation by Wanhi-i Challam](https://speakyourroots.in/acculturation-by-wanhi-i-challam/): "Acculturation" is a lithography print by artist Wanhi-i Challam He says: The work is a lithography print that explores the effects of...
- [U Khaw na Ïing](https://speakyourroots.in/u-khaw-na-iing/): Contributing explanations from followers: 1. "Ha ka jingmut i meiieid jong nga te i ong ba ki shait leh kumne khnang ban eh daw eh rngiew...
- [Ka Jingkyntip](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-jingkyntip/): Ïa nga baroh shi ïing phi plie, haba la dei ka baje, ynda ki jingdonkam la biang. phi tap ïa nga bad sait ki pliang. Nga dei uei? Ngin ïa...
- [Ka Dienshonhi: The Khasi Encyclopaedic Dictionary by Rev. Dr. Ïarington Kharkongngor](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-dienshonhi-the-khasi-encyclopaedic-dictionary-by-rev-dr-iarington-kharkongngor/): Ka Dienshonhi: The Khasi Encyclopaedic Dictionary by Rev. Dr. Ïarington Kharkongngor is a Khasi to Khasi dictionary which is supplemented...
- [Ka Sngi Burom Ïa Ki Kynthei da Ibakyrmen Sohtun](https://speakyourroots.in/ka-sngi-burom-ia-ki-kynthei-da-ibakyrmen-sohtun/): Ka sngi burom ïa ki kynthei Kumno ngan klet ïaphi keiñ Mei Ka sneng ka khraw phi theh kyrhai Ki long kham khraw ban ïa ki sbai Watla i pa...
- ["Mei" da Phuibirui](https://speakyourroots.in/mei-da-phuibirui/): Ka jingieid ba nyngkong phi ai ha nga, Ngan iai bat skhem baroh shyrta, Hapdeng ki jingeh ba bun, Phim ju ieh iala ki khun. Bunsien haba...
- [Lineage by Bala Kharngapkynta](https://speakyourroots.in/lineage-by-bala-kharngapkynta/): "Lineage" is an original art piece by Bala Kharngapkynta. This piece speaks of Khasi matriliny and how it affects her. She says: My...
- [Learner's Khasi Dictionary With English-Khasi Index](https://speakyourroots.in/learner-s-khasi-dictionary-with-english-khasi-index/): The is the Learner's Khasi Dictionary (With English-Khasi Index) compiled and edited by U'. V. Joseph, SDB with Associate Editors:...

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