කනමීය, n. nest or hive of honey bees.

කෝකිලයා, n. black cuckoo, cuculus micropterus. It is much referred to in native poetry for its pleasant note.

කුල ජ්‍යේෂ්ඨයා, n. head of the family or tribe, patriarch, කුලදෙටුවා.

කෝපි කඩය or කඩේ or හල, n. coffee-house, coffee-shop.

කටු ගහන (වූ), a. abounding in thorns, thorny, prickly.

කුබුදු, n. half-blown flower; shame, ලජ්ජාව.

කල්පය, n. a period said to be equal to a day of Brahma which equals 4,320,000,000 solar years: it is the Sakwala or world period, which is divided into four parts, viz. its formation, its duration, its destruction and its non-entity until the commencement of its reformation. It is difficult, however, to reconcile the various statements one with another, since during the Kalpa the age of man is said to gradually increase from ten years to an asankhya and again to diminish gradually to ten years: an asankhya being about the twentieth power of a million.

කළු මැදිරිය, n. calamander wood or tree.

කෝවිල, n. T., Hindu temple, pagoda; pl. කෝවිල්.

කාල කථාන්තරය, n. chronicle, annals.