(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. 217) kān̐dana, kān̐dani (usu. dero.) act or a spell of weeping; (usu. dero.) lamentation or complaint; humble and importunate solicitation. কাঁদুনি গাওয়া v. to solicit humbly and importunately; to lament or complain. 4)

(p. 204) karaṇī (math.) this sign, surd. করণী নিরসন n. (alg.) rationalization. 31)

(p. 208) kartṛkāraka (gr.) the nominative case. 3)

(p. 208) kartṛpakṣa the authorities. 5)

(p. 259) kōla2 the fold of the body of a person sitting, the lap (কোলে বসা); the flank of a person standing; the middle (মাছের কোল); flank or side or brink or middle (নদীর কোলে); foot, vicinity or neighbourhood (পাহাড়ের কোল); bosom, heart, the inside (সমুদ্রের কোল); an embrace (কোল দেওয়া). কোল জুড়ানো v. (of a child) to give delight to one (usu. the mother) who takes it up on one's lap. কোল দেওয়া v. to embrace; (fig.) to welcome or give shelter. কোলে ওঠা v. to climb up to one's lap or flank. কোলে করা same as কোলে তোলা । কোলে চড়া same as কোলে ওঠা । কোলে তোলা v. to take up in one's arms or to lift to one's flank; to take (up) one one's lap. কোলে বসা v. to sit upon one's lap. কোলে নেওয়া same as কোলে তোলা । কোলে-পিঠে করে মানুষ করা v. to bring up with care and affection (as by the mother or nurse). কোলের সন্তান one's youngest child; a suckling, an infant, a nursling. ̃আঁকড়া a. tied to the mother's apron-strings, too much attached to or dependent on mother. ̃কুঁজো a. stooping sideways. ̃জুড়ানো a. (of a child) causing delight to one (usu. the mother) who takes it on one's lap. কোলজুড়ানো সন্তান a darling child. ̃পোঁছা a. (of a child) last-born. ̃বালিশ n. a bolster. ̃মোছা same as কোলপোঁছা । 5)

(p. 248) kṛtānta a name of Yama (যম) the Hindu God of death. 44)

(p. 217) kān̐ḍ়i a heap. 2)

(p. 257) kōtōẏāla a policeman; a constable; the chief of a police station; a police chief. কোতোয়ালি n. a police station; the profession of a policeman or a constable or that of the chief of a police station or a police chief. 8)

(p. 208) kardama gluey mud, slime; mire; sin. কর্দমাক্ত a. full of gluey mud, slimy; miry; turbid; sinful. 10)

(p. 194) kaṭāha a cauldron; a large tumblerlike cooking utensil; a dixie. 24)

(p. 231) kālāguru dark-coloured sandal. 34)

(p. 234) kīṭa a worm; an insect. ̃ঘ্ন a. insecticidal. ̃ঘ্ন পদার্থ an insecticide. ̃জ a. born of worms; spun by worms. ̃তত্ত্ব, ̃বিদ্যা n. entomology. ̃তাত্ত্বিক, ̃বিদ n. an entomologist. ̃দষ্ট a. worm-eaten; moth-eaten. ̃ভুক a. insectivorous, entomophagous. ̃ভুক প্রাণী an insectivore. ̃পতঙ্গ n. pl. worms and insects. কীটাণু n. a microscopic worm or insect, a microbe. কীটাণুকীট n. a worm or insect even smaller than a microbe; (fig.) a very insignificant person. 61)

(p. 194) kanui the elbow. কনুই দিয়ে গুঁতানো v. to elbow, to jostle. 121)

(p. 228) kāru an artisan; a craftsman. a. making, doing, causing. ̃কর্ম, ̃কলা, ̃শিল্প n. crafts, handicraft; artistry; handiwork. ̃কর্মী, ̃শিল্পী n. a craftsman, an artisan. ̃কার্য n. artistic design; artistry. ̃সমবায় n. a guild-organization. 32)