Khasi is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Khasi meaning
A member of an Indian tribe, the majority of whom live in Meghalaya.
Using Khasi
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of an Indian tribe, the majority of whom live in Meghalaya.
- In the example corpus, khasi often appears in combinations such as: khasi hills, east khasi, the khasi.
Context around Khasi
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Khasi
- In this selection, "khasi" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, east, west, hills, garo and khmuic stand out and add context to how "khasi" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include between east khasi hills and and blocks of khasi and jaintia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "khasi" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with khasi
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Total 207 e-vehicles were handed over to different blocks of Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts. (16 words)
Around 30 localities, mostly in the worst-hit East Khasi Hills district, have already been declared containment zones. (18 words)
Our state too is no exception to this quick spread of Covid and already a case has been detected in East Khasi Hills. (23 words)
After the merger of the PDF with two MLAs, the NPP’s tally would rise to 28 in the 60-member assembly, whose current strength is 59 as by-poll to Sohiong Assembly Constituency in Meghalya’s East Khasi Hills district would be held on May 10. (47 words)
If the Governor has created a bad precedence by speaking in Hindi, members of the House can speak in Khasi, Garo or Jaintia (local dialect) according to their wish because the head of the state fails to respect the floor of the House,” he said. (45 words)
After a brief lull for four days, Meghalaya witnessed sporadic violence as two labourers were attacked, a man was stabbed, and a truck was set ablaze in East Khasi Hills district, the police said on Friday. (36 words)
Example sentences (16)
According to East Khasi Hills district police chief, Dr Raghavendra Kumar MG, a case has been registered and investigation is on into the matter.
After the merger of the PDF with two MLAs, the NPP’s tally would rise to 28 in the 60-member assembly, whose current strength is 59 as by-poll to Sohiong Assembly Constituency in Meghalya’s East Khasi Hills district would be held on May 10.
It will also be taken up as a means to push for the Khasi and Garo languages to be included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Our state too is no exception to this quick spread of Covid and already a case has been detected in East Khasi Hills.
Taste of Himalayas offers both, with specialties including Chicken Makhani, aka butter chicken; momo, which are Nepalese dumplings; and khasi ko masu, a Nepalese goat curry.
The state government also took up the demand for the inclusion of Khasi and Garo languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and explained to Modi the reasons behind the demand.
The table tennis competition at the 5th Meghalaya Games, held at the Indoor Stadium at Hawakhana, witnessed a fierce battle between East Khasi Hills and West Garo Hills.
Total 207 e-vehicles were handed over to different blocks of Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts.
After a brief lull for four days, Meghalaya witnessed sporadic violence as two labourers were attacked, a man was stabbed, and a truck was set ablaze in East Khasi Hills district, the police said on Friday.
Around 30 localities, mostly in the worst-hit East Khasi Hills district, have already been declared containment zones.
Because of this geographical shift, my third language, which until then had been Khasi in Shillong, changed to Assamese at the Assam Valley School.
If the Governor has created a bad precedence by speaking in Hindi, members of the House can speak in Khasi, Garo or Jaintia (local dialect) according to their wish because the head of the state fails to respect the floor of the House,” he said.
Kum Isawanda Laloo, Deputy Commissioner of South West Khasi Hills district, told The Indian Express, “In at least 10 of the 65 polling stations in Ranikor constituency, we have selected these runners.
Last month, former Congress legislator P.N. Syiem, who is also the chief executive of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council, resigned from the Assembly and joined the newly floated People’s Democratic Front.
However, one recent classification posits three groups (Munda, Nuclear Mon-Khmer and Khasi–Khmuic ) Diffloth 2005 while another has abandoned Mon–Khmer as a taxon altogether, making it synonymous with the larger family.
Sidwell & Blench (2011) discuss this proposal in more detail, and note that there is good evidence for a Khasi–Palaungic node, which could also possibly be closely related to Khmuic.
Common combinations with khasi
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: