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*    ɛkokodu [ ˥ ˥ \ ˩ ] (the heart) during



*    one’s lifetime. When a man dies,



*    orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] flies away and attaches



*    itself to the wall like a flying



*    animal, thus it listens to all that



*    is said about the deceased and



*    to the prayers given for his next



*    life (e.g. when he has been



*    poisoned, that it may not be



*    repeated)+, and looks at the



*    sacrifices offered, the dances



*    round the ukpafɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] of the



*    room in which the deceased is



*    lying, and the oaths sworn by



*    his wives. Only when the body



*    is taken to be buried, does the



*    orhiɔ̃ leave the house. It goes to



*    ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ] and, together with the



*    man’s ɛhi [ ˩ ˩ ] whom it meets



*    there, it goes to Osa [ ˩ ˩ ] to



*    “render account”. (These be-



*    liefs are said to be no longer



*    strong nowadays.) When a man



*    is ill, witches may come and



*    steal his orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ]. They then



*    transform it at their meeting



*    into an animal which they kill



*    and eat. The man whose orhiɔ̃



*    [ ˩ ˥ ] has been stolen and killed



*    in this way must die. He lies on



*    his bed and is delirious ( “talking



*    at random”), the white of his



*    eye appears, etc. A man in this



*    condition can, however, tell the



*    name of the witch when a certain



*    strong charm is applied. But



*    the orhiɔ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ] of such a man is



*    still supposed to go to ɛɽ̃iʋ̃i



*    [ ˩ ˥ ˩ ], so that the stolen “object”



*    apparently is nothing but the



*    victim’s strength to live; orhiɔ̃-



*    ɽ̃ɛ̃ rie [ ˩ / ˩ / ] “his strength to



*    live is going away”: he is about



*    to die (o. fo [ \ ] “is finished” is



*    also said). (2) zest, power to do



*    something; orhiɔ̃ ni‿ɛ̃ [ ˩ ˥ ˦ / ]