(p. 194) kadalī the banana or plantain (fruit or tree). 103)

(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. 352) cām̐pā a kind of flower or its tree belonging to the magnolia family, the champak ̃কলা n. a kind of small banana. ̃নটে n. a variety of pot-herb. 32)

(p. 352) cāṭima a kind of banana. 64)

(p. 382) chōṭā2 a piece of dried bark of banana or dried straw used as a string. 35)

(p. 466) tēuḍ় a young plant that shoots up from the root of a banana tree. 14)

(p. 477) thōḍ় the spathe of a banana tree before it shoots from the stem; an ear of paddy corn about to be sprouted. থোড়-বড়ি-খাড়া hackneyed monotony; monotonous repetition or lack of variety, truism. 68)

(p. 545) dhbanana act of making a suppressed noise (esp. a vocal one); humming; act of sounding or ringing or playing (as a musical instrument etc.); (rhet.) suggestion. 35)

(p. 638) pātaḍ়ā a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) on which food has been taken; a dish of fish or vegetables fried or singed on a banana-leaf. পাতড়া-চাটা same as পাতচাটা (see পাত2). 31)

(p. 638) pātā2 a leaf (of a tree or a book); a page (of a book); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinner-plate; a treeleaf used in writing as a substitute for paper; a pleat, a plait, a braid; a lid (চোখের পাতা); the flat surface (পায়ের পাতা). চোখের পাতা the eyelid. পায়ের পাতা the instep; the foot. পাতা করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal (শাল); to lay the table. পাতা কাটা v. to plait or braid (hair). ̃-কাটা a. plaited, braided. পাতচাটা same as পাতচাটা (see পাত2). পাতা-পা a. flat-footed; web-footed. পাতা পাতা v. same as পাতা করা and পাত পাড়া (see পাত2). পাতা কুড়ানি, (coll.) পাতা-কুড়ুনি a. fem. earning one's livelihood by collecting dried leaves of trees; extremely indigent. n. fem. such a woman. 39)

(p. 638) pāta2 a leaf (as of a tree or book); a sheet or foil (of metal); a leaf of banana or sal (শাল) used as a dinnerplate. পাত করা v. to arrange for dinner by laying leaves of banana or sal; to lay the table; to flatten into a sheet (লোহা পিটিয়ে পাত করা). ̃কুড়ানি n. fem. one who eats others' leavings; one who stills hunger by eating others' leavings. পাত কাটা v. to eat off another's table like a beggar; (fig.) to importune cringingly for another's favour, to fawn on. পাত পাড়া v. (usu. dero.) to enjoy another's hospitality. ̃চাটা a. given to eating off another's table; (fig.) cringingly importuning for another's favour, currying favour (with). 26)

(p. 665) pēṭō2 the rind of a banana tree; a style of braiding hair over one's brow. 2)

(p. 748) bāsanā1 a dried bark or spathe of the banana and other plants. 15)

(p. 843) martamāna a variety of banana originally grown in Martaban. 19)

(p. 882) mōcā a cone of the banana. মোচাকার a. conical. 11)

(p. 903) rambhā (myth.) one of the nymphs of Paradise; the banana, the plantain; the banana-tree. 40)

(p. 903) rambhōru a woman having thighs as wellshaped as banana-trees. 41)

(p. 980) sabari a superior quality of banana. 47)

(p. 1012) siṅgāpuri of or made in Singapur. n. a variety of banana. 14)