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KODIYAL

Kobbiriya. — A sub-division of Dōmb.

Kochattabannaya.— Kochattabannaya or Kojjarannāya (jāk tree,Artocarpus integrifolia, sept) is an exogamous sept of Bant.

Kochimo (tortoise). — A sept of Oriya Gaudo, Bosantiya, Bottada, Konda Dora, Mattiya, and Omanaito.

Kochuvālan. — Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, 1901, as a name for Ullādans.

Kōdaketti (umbrella tying). — A sub-division of Pānan.

Kodavili (sickle). — An exogamous sept of Karna Sālē.

Kodekal Hata-kāraru (cloth-weavers). — A sub-division of Dēvānga.

Kōdi (cock). — An exogamous sept of Kāpu. Thōrika occurs as a sept of Jātapus, who are said to revere a species of fowl called thōrika kōdi, and Kōdi Kandla (fowl's eyes) as a sept of Bōya.

Kodikkāl. — Kodikkāl, Kodikkār, or Kodikkālkāran, meaning betel vine man, is the occupational name of a sub-division of Vellālas, and of Labbai Muhammadans who cultivate the betel vine. In the Census Report, 1901, it is noted that those who gave this as the name of their caste returned their parent tongue as Tamil, and their title as Nāyakkan, and were therefore clubbed with Pallis. Kodikkāl is further a sub-division of the Shānāns, who derive the name from kōdi, a flag, and give flag-bearer as its significance. Other castes, however, make it to mean a betel garden, in reference to Shānāns who were betel vine growers. Kodikkāl Pillaimar is a synonym of the Sēnaikkudaiyāns, indicating Pillaimars who cultivate the betel vine.

Kodiyāl.— A sub-division of Kudubi.