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HONNUNGARA 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. <section end="H390" /> <section begin="I390" />Idachēri.___An occupational name for a section of Nāyars, who make and sell dairy produce. The word corresponds to Idaiyan in the Tamil country. <section end="I390" /> <section begin="J390" />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 * considers this derivation <section end="J390" />