Mogēr. The Halēpaiks sometimes call the sept Sura Honnē.
Honnungara (gold ring). — An exogamous sept of Kuruba.
Huli (tiger). — An exogamous sub-sept of Kāppiliyan.
Hullu (grass). — A gotra of Kurni.
Hunisē (tamarind). — An exogamous sub-sept of Kāppiliyan.
Hutta (ant-hill). — An exogamous sept of Gangadikāra Holeya.
Huvvina (flowers). —An exogamous sept of Oddē and Vakkaliga.
Īchcham (date-palm: Phœnix sylvestris). — Īchcham or Īchanjānār is recorded, in the Tanjore Manual, as a section of Shānān. The equivalent Īchang occurs as a tree or kothu of Kondaiyankōttai Maravans.
Idachēri.___An occupational name for a section of Nāyars, who make and sell dairy produce. The word corresponds to Idaiyan in the Tamil country.
Idaiyan. — The Idaiyans are the great pastoral or shepherd caste of the Tamil country, but some are land-owners, and a few are in Government employ. Those whom I examined at Coimbatore were engaged as milkmen, shepherds, cultivators, gardeners, cart-drivers, shopkeepers, constables, family doctors, and mendicants.
It is recorded in the Tanjore Manual that "the Rev. Mr. Pope says that Ideir are so-called from idei, middle, being a kind of intermediate link between the farmers and merchants." Mr. Nelson *[1] considers this derivation
- ↑ • Manual of the Madura district.
