The soul or spirit of a person or thing.
Maphod nan lennāwan di apun Ummāngal ti ibāliwday mataguh a'apūda.
The souls of the descendants of Ummāngal are good because they protect their living descendants.
A person is traditionally believed to have at least two souls. One guards the body, the other leaves the body from time to time. When one dreams the second soul leaves the body to participate in the activity dreamed about. A place spirit, pinādeng, sometimes keeps one's soul captive. It may be for purposes of ransom, to demand a fine if offended by the person whose soul it has captured, or it may have married the person's soul. In these cases items such as a chicken, bolo knife, money, gong or the like are offered to pay the ransom, debt or to persuade the spirit to dissolve the marriage. The soul of one who has died violently, bināgung, lives in the sun, and may take one's soul there, in which case, a ritual to call the soul back, opah1, is performed. The souls of people are believed to be immortal. The souls of those who have died a natural death, nun'apuh, live near or within the village; some say in the earth or at Ambābag, the residence of the spirit Maggūoy, in the general area of Hapao. Souls of the dead are called, lennāwa 2, during various traditional religious ceremonies or during a special ceremony in which the ancestor possesses the body of a ritualist, mumbā'i. Animals are thought to have souls. When they are sacrificed, their souls are received by various spirits, or souls of the dead during the bolang ritual. Sacrificed animal souls are either eaten as meat by spirits and souls of the dead, or kept to add to their flocks. The souls of various possessions are given to spirits and souls of the dead for their use. These include items such as betel nut bags, būtung; blankets, ūloh; bolo knives, hanggap; clothing, lūbung; gongs, gangha; jewelry, būung, hingat; knives, uwah; money, pihhu; rice bundles, pāguy. These possessions are retained by their owners and may be offered again on a future occasion.