(p. 194) kathaka a professional narrator of scriptural and mythological stories (usu. কথকঠাকুর); a speaker. ̃তা n. professional practice of narrating scriptural and mythological stories. 86)

(p. 215) kāiṭa dregs or dross or less of any liquid. 18)

(p. 208) kaliṅga Orissa including the Dravidian region on its south. 75)

(p. 228) kārikā any treatise, esp. chronological and other than literary (কায়স্হকুলকারিকা); a short couplet having various meanings; an artistic work; artistry; workmanship. a. fem. of কারক । 27)

(p. 239) kucā a small piece or fragment, a chip, a slice, a slip. coll. কুচো । 11)

(p. 225) kābābacini cubeb. 23)

(p. 239) kucakuca1 expressing; glaze or brightness of the black colour. কুচকুচে a. (of the black colour) glazy or bright and deep. কুচকুচে কালো করা v. to make glazily or brightly black, to japan. 2)

(p. 234) kichu a small number or amount of, some. pro. anything (আমি কিছুর মধ্যে নেই). adv. of course (সে এখনই কিছু যাচ্ছে না). একটা কিছু pro. anything; a certain thing, something. a. a certain, some. কিছু কিছু a. a small number or amount of, some. pro. & n. a portion. □ adv. to some extent. কিছুতে adv. in any way, by any means, anyhow. pro. (in or by) anything (কিছুতে অভাব মিটবে না); to anything. কিছুতেই না by no means. কিছু না nothing. কিছু না কিছু something or other; at least something. কিছু পরিমাণ n. some amount (of). 13)

(p. 240) kuḍ়ānō to draw together (what is lying scattered), to gather, to collect; to glean; to pick up; to sweep (ঘর কুড়ানো). a. drawn together, gathered, collected; gleaned; picked up; swept. কুড়ানো শিশু, কুড়িয়ে পাওয়া শিশু a foundling. 29)

(p. 243) kurīti a bad or harmful custom or usage or practice or deportment. 53)

(p. 208) kalēbara the body; the shape or form. 82)

(p. 261) kyān̐cakēn̐cē creaky. 16)

(p. 231) kālarātri a night on which one's death or danger comes; (astrol.) an inauspicious part of the night. 23)

(p. 243) kumātā a bad or unworthy mother; a mother lacking in affection. 21)

(p. 203) kamabakta, kamabakhata wretched, miserable; down on one's luck, ill-fated. 9)