(p. 194) kaṇṭakī thorny; prickly. n. any thorny plant such as dates; a fish with too many (thin) spines or bones. 65)

(p. 204) karakaci soft and not yet filled with pulp (করকচি ডাব). n. such a green coconut. 23)

(p. 206) karkaśa rough; harsh; gruff, hoarse, husky; rude; cruel. ̃তা n. roughness; harshness; hoarseness, huskiness; rudeness; cruelty. ̃ভাবে adv. harshly, roughly, rudely. 26)

(p. 226) kāmārta stricken with lust; inordinately love-sick; love-lorn. 31)

(p. 261) kaurma of the tortoise. n. the name of the Purana narrating the history of the second incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু) in the shape of a tortoise (কূর্ম) 3)

(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. 208) kartṛbācya (gr.) the active voice. 8)

(p. 248) kūrmākāra shaped like (the back of) a tortoise. 31)

(p. 231) kāla pūrṇa having one's span of life or existence completed. কাল পূর্ণ হয়েছে one's time is up, one's days are numbered, one has not long to live. 9)

(p. 194) kaṭhinībhūta hardened; stiffened. 33)

(p. 234) kila a fist; a blow with the fist esp. with the side of the fist, কিল খেয়ে কিল চুরি করা to take a beating or insult silently and without retaliation, to endure humiliation or affront without protest, to pocket an insult. কিল মারা v. to strike with the fist, to fist. কিলাকিলি n. fighting with fists; fisticuffs, blows and counterblows. কিলানো same as কিল মারা । কিলিয়ে কাঁঠাল পাকানো to make a futile attempt at correcting or subduing a person by overmuch beating or chastisement; to spoil a person or hinder his natural development by excessive interference; to try to do the impossible by injudicious or rash means. কিল মারার গোঁসাই an over-assertive person or master who has no competence to maintain his dependents. 47)

(p. 243) kulupa a lock, a padlock. কুলুপ-আঁটা a. locked. কুলুপ আঁটা v. to lock. 86)

(p. 226) kābu weak, feeble; subdued; enfeebled. কাবু করা v. to weaken; to subdue, to defeat by superior strength, to overpower, to enfeeble. কাবু হওয়া v. to become weak, to weaken; to be subdued or enfeebled. 4)

(p. 259) kōlākuli mutual embracing; warm greeting; (fig.—usu. iron.) alliance or mutual understanding (সেয়ানে সেয়ানে কোলাকুলি). কোলাকুলি করা v. to embrace mutually; to greet (each other) warmly; (fig.—usu. iron.) to enter into an alliance. সেয়ানে সেয়ানে কোলাকুলি two shrewd persons read or try to read each other's mind well; close and even contest or competition between two shrewd persons. 8)

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