(p. 192) kacu an esculant edible root; (contem.) a mere trifle, nothing. কচু করা v. to be able to do nothing; to be able to do no harm. কচু খাওয়া v. (contem.) to eat or get nothing, to be disappointed. কচু বোঝা v. to fail utterly to understand or comprehend. ̃কাটা a. chopped easily at will; chopped fine; hashed. কচুকাটা করা v. to chop or hash with ease and at will; to chop fine. ̃ঘেচু n. pl. worthless vegetables; vegetables not normally edible; trifles. ̃পোড়া n. anything inedible; nothing. দুঃখ না কচু no genuine sorrow but a mere show of it. 40)

(p. 192) kacuri a kind of pancake made of kneaded flour and pulped pulses. 41)

(p. 192) kacuripānā water hyacinth. 42)

(p. 852) māna4, mānakacu the arum. 95)