(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. 240) kuṭanā vegetable chopped or to be chopped into pieces for cooking. কুটনা কোটা v. to cut or chop vegetables into pieces for cooking, to dress vegetables. 8)

(p. 206) karuṇa pathetic, sad; doleful; compassionate (করুণহৃদয়) করুণ স্বরে adv. in a doleful or piteous or plaintive voice, in a mournful or sorrowful tone. 16)

(p. 256) kōcabāksa a coach-box. 25)

(p. 234) ki (used as an auxiliary interrogative word. (তুমি কি যাবে ? = will you go ?); whether (কি বালক কি বৃদ্ধ). 3)

(p. 194) kandala2 a quarrel, an altercation; a strife, a fight, a war. কন্দলিয়া a. quarrelsome; wrangling; shrewish; belligerent. 130)

(p. 225) kānti grace; charm; beauty; splendour; brightness; radiance. কান্তিক, ̃লোহা same as কান্তলোহা । ̃বিদ্যা n. aesthetics. ̃মান a. graceful; charming; beautiful; splendid; bright; radiant. fem. ̃মতী । 2)

(p. 251) kṛṣāni1 agriculture, cultivation, farming; wages of a farm-hand. a. agricultural. 15)

(p. 243) kulāẏa a bird's nest; (fig.) a cosy abode. 80)

(p. 216) kān̐ccā a measure of weight (=.51z. or 14 gms.). 11)

(p. 232) kālāpāni the dark-coloured waters of an ocean or a sea esp. of the Indian Ocean; an ocean, a sea; the Andaman and the Nicobar islands; Port Blair; sentence of transportation from India in the British regime. কালাপানি ঘুরে আসা v. to have served a sentence of transportation from India. কালাপানি পার হওয়া v. to go across a sea or an ocean. 8)

(p. 192) kaṃsa, kaṃśa bell metal—an alloy of copper and tin, pewter; a vessel of bell metal. 8)

(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. 262) klānta extremely tired, wearied, fatigued, exhausted. 49)

(p. 220) kāturi a tool or knife for paring metalplates, a metal-cutter. 59)