B.M Pugh
[ba bteng] Na ki krai baroh kiba don ha ri Khasi-Jaintia, une u long uwei uba ki kham rep bha. Ia une u krai lah ruh ban thung na ki sara. Lada thung sumar ia u, u lah ban pynmih haduh kumba 12 haduh 14 mon na ka shi ekar, hynrei ha ki bun ki jaka khyndew maw u lah ban pynmih tang kumba shiteng ia kata. Ha ki por nemsniew, une u long uwei na ki jingbam uba bit eh ban rep namar ki khniang kim ju kham bam ia une haba buh slem ia u, kumta ba lah ban buh ia u da ki bun snem. U long ruh kum kiwei ki krai uba lah ban ioh soh kloi, namar ka shim tang kumba lai ne saw bnai ia une u jingthung naduh ka por ba thung ia u haduh ka por ban ot ia u. Une u krai u long uba kham eh ban tylliat ha ka kpoh, hynrei u long u jingbam uba bha namar u don shibun ka kalsiom, kata ka met tynrai kaba long shibynta na ka shun, bad u don ruh shibun ka carotene (kynnoh karotin) kaba don shibun ka vitamin A, bad u don ruh ka vitamin B.
Kine ki vitamin ki long ki kynja met kiba donkam eh na ka bynta ka jingkoit jingkhiah u briew. Ha Punjab bad ha ka jylla United Provinces ki ju shna ata na u symboh jong une u krai bad ki sa shet chapati ia u kumjuh kumba ki leh ia u ata kew na u. Don ruh kiba shet kiad na une u krai. Ia ka jyndem kaba ioh na kaba shet kiad ki ai sniang lane masi. U jyntang na u met jong u ruh u long uba ki ju ai masi.
U ‘rai-soh’ (Setari italica) u long kumba nga la ong haneng, uba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ‘fox tail’ lane ‘Italian millet’. Ha ka ktien Hindustani ki khot ia une u kukun. Une u long u jingthung uba la thung da ki bun hajar snem ha kane ka ri India bad ha ri China ruh. U rai-soh u long u jingbam uba bha shibun: lah ban shna kpu lane ban shet ‘porridge’(ka kynja jingbam kaba ki phareng ki ju bam mynstep bad kaba ki shu shet thai um bad sa khleh shini bad dud ia u). Ki ong ba kaba bam ia u ne u krai ka pynshit ia ka met. Don ar jaid ki symboh: uwei uba liehstem (straw yellow), Ia une u krai ki kham thung ha ki khyndew kiba kham seisoh harud nong. Une u krai u long uba ringpah bha ia ki sim. Ha Bombay ia une u krai ki thung habadei-badei khnang ban bsa ia ki jingri; haba ki leh kumta ki lah ban ioh kumba 60 mon u jingbam masi na ka shi ekar. Lada thung na ka bynta ka jingbam masi, kata dei ban thung kumba 6 ser shi ekar u symbai hynrei lada thung na ka bynta u symboh, kata tang 3 ser u shymbai shi ekar la biang. Une u jingthung ruh u long uba mih kloi katta-katta.
U ‘rai shan (Panicum miliaceum) u long uwei pat u krai uba don ha ri Khasi-Jaintia. Une u krai u don u rynjub syntiew (inflorescence) uba iasriem ia u kba, tangba ki symboh jong u ki long kiba rit bha kum ki jong kitei ki krai ba la thoh haneng. Ki phareng ki khot ia u u ‘broom corn millet’, kata u krai synsar, namar u rynjub syntiew jong u lynnai lane u kdait. Une u krai u lah ban long wat ha ka khyndew kaba duna shikatdei ka sboh. Ha ri khasi mynta u kham long sha ri lum (5000-6000 ft). Une u krai u kham shim por duna ban long ban ia kitei kiwei pat ki krai. U stait uba sop ia u symboh jong une u krai, um long ruh uba shitom ban weng kat u jong u rai truh. Ynda u la ih ki shu synrut ia u skop uba don bad u symboh bad hadien katto-katne sngi ki sa pyniakhlad ia u symboh na u stait. Une u krai ruh u long uba ki sim ki ieit eh.
U Sohriew.
U Sohriew (Coix lacryma-Jobi) u long sa uwei pat u jingthung uba ki ju rep ha ri Khasi-Jaintia. Uba u long u jingthung uba kham jrong shibun ban ia kitei ki krai, ka rynnieng jong u ka long kumba 4 haduh 6 phut. Une u jingthung ruh u long hi u kynja krai (millet) kum kitei ki krai ba la thoh haneng tangba u kham heh symboh. Ha ka jingdonkam jong u kum u jingbam ruh u iasriem ia kitei ki krai, la um da long lehse uba da bha eh kum kitei ki krai haneng.
Ki Dai, u Rymbaija bad u Rymbai Ktung
Kiwei pat ki jingthung kiba nga kwah ban thoh lyngkot ha kane ka lynnong ki long ki kynja dai: u dai rahor (Cajanus indicus), u dai masur (Ervum lens) u dai shana (Cicer arieinum), u dai muk (Phaseolus radiatus) u dai mati kalai (Phaseolus mungo), u rymbaija (Phaseolus calcaratus), u dai motor (Pisumarvense); u rymbai ktung (Soya max).
U dai rahor u long u dai uba ngi shem ha kylleng ka ri India bad uba long ruh ha ki katto-katne ki jaka them jong ka ri Khasi-Jaintia. Une u long u jingthung uba long man ka snem (annual), hynrei u lah ruh ban neh ar snem ne palat ruh. Ha ki jaka ha kiba kham bun u slap u long u jingthung uba piar bha ki tnat, kumta ba dei ban thung ia u ha ka jingjngai kumba lai phut ka jingjngai jong uwei u lain na uwei pat u lain, hynrei ha ki jaka kiba kham duna ka um ki thung marjan ia u. Ka jingjan jingjngai ka shong ruh ha la ka jaid ka jaid. Don ki jaid rahor kiba piar ki tnat bad don ruh kiba shu ieng beit. Ia une u jingthung u donkam katto, katne ka um ha ka por ba u san, la katta ruh um da donkam shibun eh ka um. Dei namarkata ka daw ba um da long bha eh ha ki jaka bun slap jong ka ri Khasi-Jaintia. Ha ri dkhar, ha ki nongkyndong, ia u symboh ki syang ha ka ding shuwa ban tylliat ia u ha u maw tylliat. Habadei-badei ki da kyllan bad ka umphniang bam, shuwa ban tylliat ia u khnang ba un ym lwit eh haba tylliat hynrei tang ba kan khuid ka snep bad ba u symboh un pait arliang. Une u jingthung u long ruh uba ki shait thung khnang ban pynbha ia ka khyndew, namar u long na ka ingkur (family) jong kito ki jinghung kiba nga la batai ha ki lynnong kiba mynshuwa kiba ki khot ki “legume” ha ka ktien Phareng. U long ruh u jingthung uba don ki thied kiba khlain bha kiba lah ban kynroi wat ia ka khyndew kaba dait eh. Une u jingthung u lah ruh ban pyniap op (smother) wat ia ki phlang kiba shitom ban phut kum ia u langsder. Ki ju pyndonkam ruh ia une u jingthung na ka bynta ka laha (lac), namar u khniang uba pynmih ia ka laha u long bha ha une u jingthung. [yn dang bteng]
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