For the soul of a dead person, nun'apuh, (actor -um- & inst) to bring sickness (theme i-) to someone (loc ref -an) by talking inaudibly to him/her; the communication is commonly thought to be a greeting, tomyaw.
Inamāwan Innāwan han ap'apūna an ung'ungnga at munha'it di ūluna.
Innāwan (a dead man) inflicted sickness on his grandson and so (the child) has a headache.
The afflicted person is unaware that the spirit of the dead person has spoken. He or she suffers from the same sickness as that which caused the death of the dead person. Hanging a length of a būyut vine over an ear will prevent a spirit from whispering in that person's ear. The sickness is cured by saying a breathy prayer, hapud 2b, to divine the spirit causing the sickness and to exhort the spirit to allow the sick person to recover. The intention of the soul in talking to someone is not necessarily to cause sickness.