(p. 192) ka-kha the alphabet; elementary knowledge, ABC. 20)

(p. 251) kṛśa lean, thin; slender, slim; weak, feeble; weakened, enfeebled. ̃কায়, ̃তনু a. of a slender frame, lean, thin. ̃তা n. leanness, thinness; weakness, feebleness. 9)

(p. 234) kibā or adv. how (কিবা মনোহর). a. how beautiful; (dero.) how awkward, how ugly (কিবা ভঙ্গি). n. what else (কিবা তুমি বলবে). 28)

(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)

(p. 194) katthaka an Indian classical dance form. 85)

(p. 251) kēka a cake. 34)

(p. 194) kaṇḍana husking. কণ্ডন করা v. to husk. কণ্ডনী n. a pestle (for husking). 77)

(p. 228) kārtika the seventh month of the Bengali calendar (from the middle of October to the middle of November); the name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces; an extremely goodlooking (young) man. কেলেকার্তিক, নবকার্তিক, লোহার কার্তিক n. (sarcas. or dero.) an extremely ugly man. কার্তিকী a. of the month of Kartik (কার্তিকী পূর্ণিমা). কার্তিকেয় n. name of the god who is the commander-in-chief of heavenly forces. 38)

(p. 194) kanē a bride; a virgin of marriageable age; a newly-married wife. ̃বউ n. a newly-married wife; a child-wife; the youngest wife of a family. 122)

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

(p. 234) kimbadanti, kimbadantī a traditional or familiar report or rumour; hearsay. 6)

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

(p. 194) kapāṭa a door; a door-panel; a lid; a shutting or concealing device (মনের কপাট). কপাটক n. (anat.) a valve. 143)

(p. 243) kumārikā the Cape Comorin; (rare) a twelve years old girl; (rare) an unmarried girl or woman, a maid, a virgin, a spinster. 23)

(p. 204) kaẏēda a prison, a gaol, a jail (কয়েদে থাকা); imprisonment, duress, confinement (কয়েদ হওয়া). a. imprisoned, jailed, confined. কয়েদ করা v. to imprison; to confine. কয়েদ থাকা v. to be in duress; to be in prison or in confinement. কয়েদ হওয়া v. to be sentenced to imprisonment. ̃খানা n. a guard-room, a guard-house, lock-up, prison. কয়েদি n. a prisoner, a convict. n. imprisoned; confined. 18)