(p. 203) kama2 deficient, short; less; small (in amount or degree); a few, not many; a little, not much; inadequate; inefficient, inexpert, inferior (লাঠিবাজিতেও কম নয়). কম করা v. to lessen, to curtail, to reduce, to decrease, to abate. কম পড়া v. to fall short (of); to run short (of); to be inadequate; to decrease. ̃জোর a. weak; weakened. ̃জোরি a. weak. n. weakness. ̃তি n. deficiency, shortage; smallness; fewness; inadequacy; inefficiency, inferiority. a. inefficient, inexpert, inferior (সে কমতি কীসে ?). ̃পোক্ত a. not very strong, somewhat frail or weak. ̃বেশি a. & adv. more or less. ˜সম a. not many or much; restrained; moderate. ̃পক্ষে, কমসে কম adv. at least. 4)

(p. 1038) sbalpa very little; very few; only a little; only a few; a bit. ̃তা n. fewness. smallness, scantiness. ̃ব্যয়ে adv. at a low or small expense or cost; cheaply. ̃ভাষী a. speaking very little, parsimonious in speech; taciturn, reticent; reserved; curt, laconic. স্বল্পায়ু a. having a brief span of life, short-lived. স্বল্পাহারী a. subsisting on meagre or scanty meal or fare; abstemious. 15)