(p. 253) kētali var of কেটলি । 7)

(p. 237) kun̐ja a hunch, a hump. কুঁজো a. hunchbacked, humpbacked. n. a hunchback, a humpback. fem. কুঁজি । 19)

(p. 194) kadu the gourd. 108)

(p. 240) kuḍ়kuḍ় expressing the sound of chewing crisp things. কুড়কুড় করা v. to give out or make this sound. 25)

(p. 208) kaṣi a straight line drawn with a pen or pencil; a punctuation mark used in Bengali in place of a full stop; the part of the loincloth which is tied round the waist; a tender stone of green mango. 108)

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

(p. 194) kapāla the skull, the cranium; the forehead; a beggar's bowl; a shred of an earthen pitcher. কপাল চাপড়ানো v. to beat one's forehead in despair; to complain bitterly against bad luck. কপাল ঠোকা v. to strike one's forehead against something (in order to express grief, complaint etc.); to try one's luck; to undertake a venture abandoning oneself into the hands of destiny. কপাল পোড়া v. to lose the favour of fortune, to be down on one's luck; (coll.) to become a widow, (of women) to be widowed. কপাল ফেরা v. to win the favour of fortune; to improve one's state and position; to begin to flourish; to be on the rise. কপাল ভাঙা same as কপাল পোড়া । কপালের লিখন decree of fate or providence. ̃ক্রমে adv. luckily, fortunately; by luck; as luck would have it; unfortunately, unluckily (কপালক্রমে সুযোগ হারানো) ̃জোর, জোর কপাল n. good luck, good fortune. ̃গুণে, ̃জোরে adv. by good luck (and esp. by chance). ̃পোড়া a. luckless, down on one's luck, unfortunate. ̃ভৃত্, ̃মালী, কপালী n. appellations of Shiva (শিব) ̃মালিনী, কপালিনী n. fem. appellations of Goddess Kali (কালী) কপালিয়া, কপালে a. fortunate, lucky, favoured by fortune. হায় কপাল int. oh dear! dear me! 145)

(p. 192) kaci (of fruits etc.) fresh and soft; green; (of children, plants etc.) very young and delicate; (of youth etc.) new and tender. কচি আম a green mango the pulp of which has not yet developed. 37)

(p. 231) kālaśuddhi (astrol.) determination of the auspicious parts of the year for doing anything. 24)

(p. 194) kaṇṭikārī a prickly nightshade used in medicine. 68)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭā a thorn, a prickle; any longish thing or instrument with a pointed end or ends (চুলের কাঁটা); a pointer (কম্পাসের কাঁটা, দাঁড়িপাল্লার কাঁটা); a fork (used in eating meals); a hand (ঘড়ির কাঁটা); a fishbone; gooseflesh (শীতে বা ভয়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া). কাঁটা দিয়ে কাঁটা তোলা v. (fig.) to set a thief to catch a thief. গায়ে কাঁটা দেওয়া to have gooseflesh; to have shivering, to shiver. পথের কাঁটা (fig.) an obstacle or snag. পথে কাঁটা দেওয়া (fig.) v. to prevent. ̃তার n. barbed wire. ̃নটে n. a variety of spinach. ̃বন n. a hedge full of prickly shrubs. ̃ময় a. thorny. কাঁটায় কাঁটায় adv. punctually; just at. 13)

(p. 248) kṛtōdbāha married. 54)

(p. 216) kān̐ṭācuẏā the hedgehog. 14)

(p. 192) kaca2 denoting: a sound like the one made in cutting off or biting off something at one stroke. কচকচ int. denoting: the sound of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly. কচকচ করা v. to give out a munching or crunching sound repeatedly (as on biting an unripe fruit); to grumble; to scold frequently or repeatedly without rhyme or reason; to indulge in intolerably long and dull arguments or talk, to prattle. কচকচানি n. act of hashing or munching or crunching repeatedly; act of grumbling, grumble; act of scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; intolerably long and dull argument or talk, prattle. কচকচি n. quarrel; wrangling; peevishness; unnecessary and inconsequential wrangling (তত্ত্বের কচকচি). কচকচে a. (of unripe fruits) giving out a munching sound when eaten; given to scolding repeatedly or frequently without rhyme or reason; indulging in long dull arguments or talk, prattling. 29)

(p. 232) kālānuga, kālānubartī, kālānusārī timely; in keeping with the spirit of time; drifting with the time. কালানুগতা, কালানুবর্তিতা, কালানুসারিতা n. timeliness; opportuneness. 5)