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  • 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/ hyperactive, mischievous, oversmart)

    Shyrjei (ima ka dur/ scary looking face)

    Sadman

    Sadmew

    Thamer

    Thohliap

    Tah (from mattah meaning snail; a reference to being slow)

    Krew krew (big eyes)

    Piduiñ (sngaid/ fat)

    Ldoiñ (heh briew bad biej/ big-built and dumb or foolish)

    Kriw kriw (rit briew bad shalak/ small, smart or sly)

    Bah Rai (raikhoh/ thin)

    Bah Kyn jait Roi (ba kynroi than/ prone to having fights)

    Priñ (Pnar) (ba ïong/ a dark complexion)

    Chru (Pnar) (Ka shriew/ Yam)

    Sti (wrinkled looking or used for someone thin)

    Mum (pronounced as Moom)

    Another round of "Ki Kyrteng Sin"/ Khasi Nicknames 😆😂😆😂

    These nicknames have been collected from the comments section of the earlier post on Khasi nicknames. Thank you to everyone who contributed! 🤡🤠🎃

  • Ki Kyrteng Sin Part I/ Khasi Nicknames Part I

    The Khasis have a practice of giving nicknames and besides the usual Bahduh, Theiheh, Kongdeng, Bahrit, which denote a specific position among siblings based on age, there are other kinds of nicknames that are given because of a context related to the person concerned. Here are some:

    Ka Smaw (ba ïong, ba jaing/ being dark and dirty)

    U Satlew (ba heh bad khlaiñ/ big built and strong)

    U Ren (ba bun ka shang/ always going out)

    U Dum (as in lyndum/ bald)

    Ka Taiñtabul (for timetable)

    U Koted (like the air horn of Bedford buses)

    U Buit (rit, buittuh, shu shyit briew beit/ small, wiry, likes to pinch others)

    U Tamuiñ (saw ki khmat bad ka ïambait/ red eyes and a cry baby)

    U Lo (pronounced like the word Law)

    Ka Bon

    U Been Loons

    U Sahep Laitkor

    Ka Samap (raikhoh/ stang shñiuh/ skinny, limp hair)

    U Bring

    Ka Rai (namar ba bang Krai/ because she likes millet)

    Bah Ling Saphu (a girl's nickname because she was scared of a beggar with this name)

    U Ro

    Ka Thre (named after a woman obsessed with cleanliness)

    U Lui

    U Jon Snai (named after a man who stole roosters to make them fight)

    Shnuit

    Ïong (dark complexion)

    'Ngaid (sngaid/ fat)

    Bung

    Lew Lew (from Pyllew/ big eyes)

    Pit Pit (namar ba sympit/ small eyes)

    Mem Syndem (ba syndem/ flat nose)

    Dem (ba syndem/ flat nose)

    "Ki Kyrteng Sin" or Khasi nicknames

    Don't we love our nicknames?! 😄😄😄😂😂😂 Here are some Khasi nicknames contributed by @indariwarjri @carey_lynz @bibianaryntathiang. Thank you for sending them! 😄

    Some have a context and some don't, but please do enjoy them and come up with your own interpretation!

    Please tell us about your funny nicknames! 🤡🤡😎🤓😎🤠🤠