(p. 261) kyān̐ka expressing the sound of kicking or striking or of excitement or pain or a surly utterance. ক্যাঁক-ক্যাঁক করা v. to grumble or rebuke (usu. repeatedly) in a surly manner; to whine. 14)

(p. 253) kēḍ়i, kēḍ়ipōkā a small insect usu. found in long-stored rice. 4)

(p. 220) kāṭhinya hardness, solidity; inflexibility; firmness; harshness; hard-handedness, severity; hard-heartedness, mercilessness, cruelty. ̃প্রাপ্ত a. hardened; thickened; solidified. 41)

(p. 220) kāṭani1 the charge for spinning. 20)

(p. 232) kāśa2 a tall species of grass of which mats are made. ̃পুষ্প, ̃ফুল n. white flower of this grass; catkin. 38)

(p. 248) kṛtti skin or hide of beasts; skin of human beings, epidermis, cutis. ̃ক n. cuticle. ̃কা n. (astro.) the Pleiads, the Pleiades; (myth.) any of the six nymphs who nursed Kartikeya (কার্তিকেয়). ̃বাস n. a name of Shiva (শিব) who wears a tiger's skin. ̃বাসী a. composed by Krittibas (কৃত্তিবাস) who rendered the Sanskrit Ramayana into Bengali. 56)

(p. 217) kān̐thā a cotton wrapper or patched cloth or bedsheet made of patchwork. 3)

(p. 194) kañculikā, kañculī bodice, brassiere, a modesty vest. 9)

(p. 240) kuparāmarśa unwholesome advice; bad or evil counsel. 62)

(p. 239) kuñci a measure of grains (= 8 handfuls). 28)

(p. 215) kām̐ibīci, kām̐ibici a seed or stone of tamarind. 25)

(p. 248) kṛtkauśala technique; technicality; technical devices or methods. 39)

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

(p. 194) kapiñjala the Indian swallow; the chatak; the sandpiper, the lapwing. 151)

(p. 215) kasāi a butcher; (fig.) an extremely cruel or unfeeling or hard-hearted person. ̃খানা n. a slaughter-house, a butchery, a shambles; (fig.) a place of merciless oppression. ̃গিরি n. the profession of a butcher; (fig.) extremely hard-hearted behaviour. 5)