The caste title, is usually Nāyako, but the more prosperous take the title Pātro.
Ondipuli.—Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as Telugu-speaking cultivators and cattle-breeders in the Salem district. The name is sometimes applied to the beggars attached to the Palli caste.
Onnām Parisha (first party).—A section of Elayad.
Onne (Pterocarpus Marsupium).—An exogamous sept of Toreyas, who are not allowed to mark their foreheads with the juice which exudes from the trunk of this tree.
Onteddu.—Onteddu or Onti-eddu is the name of a sub-division of Gānigas or Gāndlas, who only use one bullock for their oil-mills.
Opoto.—Opoto or Apoto is the name of the palanquin-bearing section of Gaudos.
Oppamtara.—A title conferred by the Rāja of Cochin on some Nāyars.
Oppanakkāran (trader).—Telugu traders and agriculturists. Recorded as a sub-division of Balija.
Oppomarango (Achyranthes aspera).—An exogamous sept of Bhondāri, the members of which may not use the root as a tooth-brush.
Ore.—An honorific title of Nāyars.