noun
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a place where one normally resides; a house; a residence.
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a family descent or lineage.
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a man who earns a living by farming or is engaged in farming, agriculture; a farmer; an agriculturist.
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a person under the protection of a particular country or a legal inhabitant of a country; a citizen.
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one's wife.
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an occupant of land or a building for which he or she pays a rent to the owner; a person to whom property is leased; a tenant; a lessee.
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ಒಕ್ಕಲಮಕ್ಕಳು okkala makkaḷu (pl.) people engaged in farming; agriculturists; farmers; ಒಕ್ಕಲು ತೆಗೆ/ ತೆರಳು) okkalu tege/teraḷu to move from one place to settle at another place (usu. en masse); ಯಾವ ಊರ ಒಕ್ಕಲು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳದಿರು yāva ūra okkalu endu kēḷadiru not to ask about a person's plight; to deliberately ignore taking care of a person's welfare.