ata soul, spirit of ‹s.o.› insofar as it can be separated from the body

Part of Speech noun, relational
Phonetic Form ata
Proto-Form POc: *qata 'soul, spirit'
Tanema Equivalent ae
    • soul, spirit of ‹s.o.› insofar as it can be separated from the body
      • Example 244:
        Ata ini kape i-le ne Popokia.
        His soul will travel to Popokia.
        Example Comment
        abode of the Dead
      • Example 245:
        Nga u-le, ata tadoe kap' i-ejau bas' eo mumule.
        If you go there, the (evil) spirit of Ghosts can make your head go crazy.

Related entries

  • See also:
    • tadoe1 ancestral spirit, representing the soul of an ancestor. These anonymous, invisible spirits haunt the island and live around humans / used metonymically for the bush, the wild, e.g. for certain plant names when they are not fit for human consumption and belong to the forest / representation of spirits through sculptures or headdresses / deity, ancestral god worshipped in ancient times / the Christian God