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kunajara: nom. sg. f., funkind or malevolent look’; pejorative
prefix ku + najar 'look, sight, glance'; MG, najar, nazar (Perso-Arabic loanword). jau āpaņa-upari teha-nī kahiim kunajar hoi (8.21) 'should he, at some time, look upon us with disfavor.' (Note also sunajara of the line preceding: tām-lagi āpaņa vasi achai jām-lagi sunajara täsa (8.19) "[These possessions] are yours as long as we remain in his favor.'
jācamdha: adj., nom. sg. mac., 'blind from birth'; cf. Pkt. jacca,
Skt. jātya, and Skt. andha; note the var. sp. jācamda and see Pischel, 213, for loss of aspiration. e visaya visa phala-jisā jāņai nahī jācamdha (9.15) 'One who is blind from birth does not know that the enjoyment
of the senses is like a poisonous fruit. joậavedau: obl. sg. nt., 'time for matching (prospective) bride's
and groom's horoscopes' (lit., 'time for matching or putting together'); cf. MG. jod and veļā. bīja paļau josí-taņai re patadai-ūpari kāi
(24.26) joļāveļau jotām pāņtaryau re lobhaim cīta lagāi (24.27) ‘May lightning somehow strike the book of that astrologer who through his greed was led to match these couples !'.
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