Proper or prescribed direction (for houses or corpses).
The direction for corpses to be laid out is northwest-southeast or southwest-northeast. The head always pointing in the westerly direction. For a house to be positioned in the proper direction the side opposite the door, the kōkan, should be to the west or south.
The direction of his house is not proper because its head-end is towards the east.
Hantal a'a mateyin subey tudju piyu.
The proper direction for a dead person should be in that direction.