Proto-South Dravidian : *okal-
Meaning : relations, kinsfolk
Tamil : okkal
Tamil meaning : relations, kinsfolk
Tamil derivates : okkali (-pp-, -tt-) to hold friendly communion with one's relations, maintain one's relations, give them medical aid, etc.; okkiliyan_ member of a caste of cultivators from the Kannada provinces who have settled in the districts of Madura and Coimbatore
Malayalam : okkiliyan
Malayalam meaning : a cultivating class
Kannada : okkal
Kannada meaning : residing, residence, home, tenancy, tenant, husbandman, farmer, subject
Kannada derivates : okkala, okkaliga husbandman, farmer, Śūdra; okkalagitti, okkaligiti, okkaliti a farmer woman; okkalatana husbandry, farming
Kodagu : okka
Kodagu meaning : patrilineal joint family
Tulu : okkelụ
Tulu meaning : a tenant
Tulu derivates : okkelme one of a cultivating class called the Bants, a Bant; fem. okkeldi, okkendi
Number in DED : 0925
