Kadle.--Kadle, Kalle, and Kadale meaning Bengal gram (Cicer arietinum) have been recorded as exogamous septs or gotras of Kurubas and Kurnis. Kadu.--Kadu or Kattu, meaning wild or jungle, has been recorded as a division of Golla, Irula, Korava, Kurumba, and Tottiyan. Kadu also occurs as an exogamous sept or gotra of the Kurnis. Kadu Konkani is stated, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, to mean the bastard Konkanis, as opposed to the God or pure Konkanis. Kattu Marathi is a synonym for the bird-catching Kuruvikarans. In the Malabar Wynaad, the jungle Kurumbas are known as Kattu Nayakan. Kadukuttukiravar.--A synonym, meaning one who bores a hole in the ear, for Koravas who perform the operation of piercing the lobes of the ears for various castes. Kaduppattan.--The Kadupattans are said, [16] according to the traditional account of their origin, to have been Pattar Brahmans of Kadu gramam, who became degraded owing to their supporting the introduction of Buddhism. "The members of this caste are," Mr. H. A. Stuart writes, [17] "at present mostly palanquin-bearers, and carriers of salt, oil, etc. The educated among them follow the profession of teaching, and are called Ezhuttacchan, i.e., master of learning. Both titles are used in the same family. In the Native State of Cochin, the Kaduppattan is a salt-worker. In British Malabar he is not known to have followed that profession for some generations past, but it may be that, salt manufacture having long ago been stopped in South Malabar, he has taken to other professions, one of which is the carriage of salt. In manners and customs Kaduppattans resemble Nayars, but their inheritance follows the male line." The Kaduppattans are described [18] by Mr. Logan as "a caste hardly to be distinguished from the Nayars. They follow a modified makkatayam system of inheritance, in which the property descends from father to son, but not from father to daughter. The girls are married before attaining puberty, and the bridegroom, who is to be the girl's real husband in after life, arranges the dowry and other matters by means of mediators (enangan). The tali is tied round the girl's neck by the bridegroom's sister or a female relative. At the funeral ceremonies of this class, the barber caste perform priestly functions, giving directions and preparing oblation rice. A widow without male issue is removed on the twelfth day after her husband's death from his house to that of her own parents. And this is done even if she has female issue. But, on the contrary, if she has borne sons to the deceased, she is not only entitled to remain at her husband's house, but she continues to have, in virtue of her sons, a joint right over his property." Kahar.--In the Madras Census Report, 1901, the Kahars are returned as a Bengal caste of boatmen and fishermen. In the Mysore Census Report, it is noted that Kahar means in Hindustani a blacksmith, and that those censused were immigrants from the Bombay Presidency.