Editing Khasi language (section)

====Reduced words====

Reduced form of words are common in the Khasi language. Most of the time, one or a couple of letters are dropped at the beginning of a word (for e.g. briew can become 'riew). There's no clear rule behind this process but usually these words that undergo reduction begins with more than one consonants; the reduced word is accompanied by an apostrophe from the start to mark so. The reduced form of the word is still understood by its context of usage and since its last inner syllabus and letters (i.e. {{lang|kha|rhyme}}) are always preserved.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Word !! Reduced form
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|  briew || {{lang|kha|'riew}}
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|  khlaw || {{lang|kha|'law}}
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|  sla || {{lang|kha|'la}}
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|  blei || {{lang|kha|'lei}}
|-
|  shniuh || {{lang|kha|'niuh}}
|-
|  shnong || {{lang|kha|'nong}}
|-
|  lyer || {{lang|kha|'er}}
|-
|  kti || {{lang|kha|'ti}}
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|  blang || {{lang|kha|'lang}}
|-
|  khñiang || {{lang|kha|'ñiang}}
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|  khmat || {{lang|kha|'mat}}
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|  shkor || {{lang|kha|'kor}}
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|  dohkha || {{lang|kha|'kha}}
|}
These reduced forms of words are mostly seen in compound forms where the reduced word is affixed with other words to give rise to new words with new meanings. In compound form, the apostrophe is not used anymore. For e.g. 'riew as in riewkhlaw, riewspah, riewhyndai etc.