KANGAN: Black cloth given to attendants at funerals.

KANHENDA: An ear-pick.

KANKANAMA: An overseer.

KANKARIYA: A devil ceremony.

KANUWA: A post.

KAPHITUNDAWASA: The day on which a pole is set up in a Dewale for the Perehera, see Ehelagaha.

KAPURALA: A dewala-priest. The Office is hereditary.

KARANDA: A tree, the twigs of which are in general use amongst Buddhist priests by way of tooth brushes. The village of Tittawelgoda has to supply annually 2000 of these tooth-brushes to the Dambulla monastery.

KARANDU-HUNU: Chunam to offer with betel at the sanctuary.

KARAKGEDIYA: A portable wicker basket for catching fish open at both ends and conical in shape used in shallow streams.