(p. 253) kaitaba chicane, deceit, dissimulation; falsehood; flattery; gambling; fraud. ̃বাদ n. act of telling lies; lying; flattery. ̃বাদী a. given to telling lies. 59)

(p. 253) kēśara (bot.) a pollen-tube, a stamen; mane (of lions, horses). কেশরী n. the lion. in comp. (used as a sfx.) the chief or best one (বীরকেশরী = the chief amongst the heroes, a lion of heroes etc.). 51)

(p. 239) kucēṣṭā a bad or futile attempt; an evil attempt or design. 20)

(p. 262) klēda liquid filth or soil; foul water; any morbid matter secreted from within one's body such as pus, sweat, saliva etc.; humidity, moisture. ক্লেদাক্ত a. besmeared with liquid filth; besmeared with any morbid matter secreted from within one's body; soiled, dirty. 57)

(p. 251) kṛśa lean, thin; slender, slim; weak, feeble; weakened, enfeebled. ̃কায়, ̃তনু a. of a slender frame, lean, thin. ̃তা n. leanness, thinness; weakness, feebleness. 9)

(p. 220) kāturi a tool or knife for paring metalplates, a metal-cutter. 59)

(p. 243) kumbhakarṇa the monstrous second brother of Ravana (রাবণ) as described in the Ramayana (he used to keep awake only for a day after sleeping for six months at a stretch); (hence—fig.) a man who sleeps overmuch. 32)

(p. 243) kuli2 a porter; a labourer. ̃ কামিন n. pl. male and female labourers; a labourer and his wife. ̃ধাওড়া n. the labourers' lines or quarters. 82)

(p. 232) kālāntaka causing universal dissolution; bringing about the end of an age; deadly. n. an appellation of Yama (যম), the god of death. 6)

(p. 239) kucandana red sandal. 6)

(p. 239) kucōkācā odds and ends; kiddies. 21)

(p. 240) kunhana act of straining to evacuate one's bowels; act of groaning (esp. when one strains to apply all one's strength). see কোঁথ । 57)

(p. 208) kalā1 the plantain, the banana; (coll.) nothing, a mare's nest (তুমি আমার কলা করবে) কলা করা v. (coll.) to be able to do nothing or to be able to do no harm. কলা খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a banana; (coll.) to fail in an attempt. ̃গাছ n. a banana tree. কলা দেখানো v. (lit.) to show a plantain; to raise and show one's thumb defiantly or disdainfully; to deceive, to cheat, to befool, to hoodwink; to bite the thumb, to defy. কলাপোড়া খাওয়া v. (lit.) to eat a burnt banana; (coll.) to fail or be disappointed utterly. কলাবউ, কলাবৌ n. a young banana-plant dressed as a married lady and conceived as a female deity worshipped by Hindus; (loos.) wife of God Ganesha (গণেশ); (euph.) a woman with a long veil or an awkwardly bashful woman. কলার কাঁদি a cluster of plantains. কলার খোলা the curved bark of a banana-tree. কলার ছড়া a bunch of bananas, a row of plantains. কলার বাসনা the dried-up bark of a banana-tree. 62)

(p. 231) kālapuruṣa (myth.) an attendant or envoy of Yama, the god of death; (astr.) the Orion. 8)

(p. 243) kubja humpbacked, hunchbacked. fem. কুব্জা, কুব্জী । কুব্জ লোক a hunchback. 14)