ID | Word | Notes | Type |
2069 | kholsi | n. rivulet. | t.t. |
2859 | khorī | var. ṣori; n. 1) a small vessel made of leaves. 2) a vessel for keeping sandalwood paste etc. (see also candanakhorī). | t.t. |
2725 | khoriyā | var. khorīyā; n. cleared forest land, which has not been ploughed yet. | t.t. |
2982 | khudo | var. ṣudo; n. molasses | t.t. |
1962 | khukurī | var. khukuri, ṣukurī; n. big knife with an inwardly curved blade, used both as a tool and as a weapon; for an illustration, see Kirkpatrick's (Kirkpatrick 1811: 118-119) depictions of "The Khookuri" and "The Khora" (cf. khũḍā) | t.t. |
2597 | Khusaḥ | [Skt. taṇḍukāra] var. khusalamusala; n. a Newar caste considered inferior to Jyāpu caste (MA-54 145.10). | t.t. |
1956 | khuvā | var. ṣuvā; n. 1) non-irrigated land (pākho) given as emolument for government employees (jāgira) (cf. Adhikari 1984: 352; Michael 2012: 132) . 2) revenue from homestead taxes of different categories (mostly in cash) in the hill region which formed a part of the jāgira assignment (M.C. Regmi 2002: 301 ; cf. M.C. Regmi 1978: 468, 860 ; M.C. Regmi 1999: 137). 3) small division of country, district, province (Turner s.v. khuvā) | t.t. |
1960 | khũḍā | var. khuḍā; n. sword with a forward curved blade, single edged on its concave side; used in battle and prominently in sacrificing animals; for an illustration, see Kirkpatrick's (Kirkpatrick 1811: 118-119) depictions of "The Khookuri" (cf. khukuri) and "The Khora." | t.t. |
2527 | killādāra | n. the governor or commandant of a fort. | t.t. |
2923 | kinakhāba | var. kīnaṣāva; n. fabric made of silk with gold and silver threads; brocade. | t.t. |
2016 | kipaṭa | var. kīpaṭa; n. system of communal land tenure traditional amongst several ethnic groups. | t.t. |
2432 | kirā̃tī / kirātī | var. kirāti, kirāntī; n. "Limbu and Rai peoples of eastern Nepal" (Whelpton 2005: 262). | t.t. |
2720 | kīrtana | [S.] n. 1) A song praising or glorifying a deity. 2) The act of singing such a song. | t.t. |
2359 | kodāle | n. pākho land holding in the hill regions smaller than a pāte holding, which was too small to be plowed by oxen and hence had to be dug with a spade (kodālo) (M.C. Regmi 1999: 234; M.C. Regmi 1978: 861; M.C. Regmi 1988: 268). | t.t. |
2890 | koparā | n. a pan (usually of brass) used either to hold water for washing hands, feet and face, or to defecate or urinate in. | t.t. |
2958 | korā | n. plain, white and unbleached thick cloth. | t.t. |
458 | kośa | [Fr. skt. krośa] var. kosa; a measurement unit of distance varying between 3.2 and 3.6 kilometres (Bakker 2006: 34) in ancient India, equivalent to a quarter of a yojana.
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2906 | kosī | n. a metal, wooden or earthen vessel for keeping curd, honey etc.; a small ārī. | t.t. |
2948 | koṭa | [fr. E. coat] var. koṭ; n. a coat. | t.t. |
1860 | koṭa / kota | n. 1) fort, typically built on hill-tops for military defense. 2) military builing for keeping weapons, arsenal. 3) place for maulo pūjā. | t.t. |