KATUPELALI: Rough screens made of branches as substitutes for walls in temporary buildings.

KATU-PIHIYA: A small knife of the size of a penknife with a stylus to it.

KAWANI: A kind of cloth.

KATTIYA: A general term for a festival, but in particular applied to the festival of lights in Nov.-Dec. called Kattimangalaya.

KEDAGAN: A palanquin fitted up (with sticks) for the occasion to take the insignia of a Deviyo in procession.

KEHELMUWA: Flower of the plantain.

KEKULHAL: Rice pounded from native paddy.

KEKUNA-TEL: Common lamp oil extracted from the nuts of the Kekuna tree; the oil is largely used in illuminations at festivals and given as garden dues by tenants.

KEMBERA: The beating of tom-toms on Kenmura days.

KENDIYA-WEDAMAWIMA: The carrying in procession of the Rankendiya or sacred-vessel containing water after the Diyakepima.