(p. 220) kāṭurakuṭura denoting: the sound of cutting or scratching with teeth as by mice. 35)

(p. 215) kahana act of saying or telling; utterance; act of speaking; narration or relation. ̃সাধ্য same as কহতব্য । কহনীয় a. expressible; utterable; worth mentioning. 14)

(p. 194) kaṇṭakita full of thorns, thorny; pricking as thorns, prickly; horripilated. 63)

(p. 248) kusbabhāba bad nature or conduct or character. a. ill-natured; of bad conduct or character. fem. a কুস্বভাবা । 14)

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

(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. 257) kōẏēla (poet.) the cuckoo. fem. কেয়েলা । 28)

(p. 253) kēmana how, of or in what sort or manner. a. of a sort (কেমন বোকের মতো); anxious, perturbed (মন কেমন করা); excellent, fine (কেমন মজা). কেমন করে how. কেমন-কেমন a. suspicious; (of health or mind) inexplicable; dubious; doubtful. কেমন-কেমন করা v. not to feel well or all right, to feel sick (শরীর কেমন-কেমন করা); to be in an alarming or dying condition (রোগী কেমন-কেমন করছে); to become anxious or perturbed (মন কেমন-কেমন করছে). কেমনকেমন ঠেকা v. to appear as suspicious or dubious or doubtful; to smell of something sinister. ̃তরো a. peculiar; of what sort. কেমন যেন a. not appearing to be quite well; suspicious, dubious, doubtful; to some extent, somewhat. কেমনে (poet.) adv. how. 25)

(p. 208) kala1 a sprout. কল হওয়া বা গজানো v. to germinate, to sprout. 37)

(p. 208) kallōla a roaring wave; a billow; great joy or delight; a loud confused noise, an uproar. কল্লোলিত a. full of roaring waves; billowy; full of great joy or delight; full of loud confused noise. কল্লোলিনী n. fem. a river. 95)

(p. 217) kākutsha, kākutshya a descendant of King Kakootstha (ককুত্স্হ) or Puranjaya (পুরঞ্জয়). a. descending from Kakootstha or Puranjaya. 25)

(p. 220) kāṭakhōlā a frying-pan without oil or sand. 14)

(p. 208) kalami an edible aquatic plant (cp. Kalmia). 58)

(p. 257) kōnō, kōnō any; a certain, some (কোনো লোক বলেছিল); anyone (কোনোটি চাই না). কোনো এক someone, somebody; a certain. কোনোকালে adv. at one time; long ago; at any time. কোনো কালে নয় at no time, never. কোনো কোনো pro. pl. some, a certain. কোনোই emphatic form of কোনো । কোনোক্রমে adv. anyhow, somehow, by any means. কোনোক্রমে নয় by no means. কোনোমতে adv. same as কোনোক্রমে । কোনোরূপে adv. somehow, any how, by some means. 15)

(p. 243) kurukṣētra a place near New Delhi where the Kauravas (কৌরব) and the Pandavas (পাণ্ডব) of the Mahabharata fought each other; (fig.) a terrible fight or noisy quarrel or brawl (কুরুক্ষেত্র বেধেছে). কুরুক্ষেত্র ব্যাপার (fig.—often facet.) an affair as terrible as the fight of Kurukshetra (কুরুক্ষেত্র). 55)