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This English-Khasi dictionary by U. Nissor Singh, eminent educationist and lexicographer, is a companion volume to the author's Khasi-English Dictionary Published in 1906. The manuscript of the dictionary originally prepared by the author was thoroughly revised by a committee of specialists before it was printed. In addition to Khasi equivalents and meanings, all English Words are respelt in round brackets ( ) immediately following, with symbols to facilitate ...
Compilation of a dictionary on any language is an arduous work. It becomes much more arduous when the language is of a remote area about which the literature is scanty Khasi language is spoken by a tribe living in the hilly areas of North-East India. Compilation of Khasi-English Dictionary is no less than a real endevour on the part of the author. Though there is always room for further improvement in a work of this kind, yet this dictionary can definitely claim ...