önu ekato

From önu (“eye”) +‎ ekato (front-grade possessed form of ökato (“shadow, reflection, spirit, double”)).

• IPA^(key): [ənu ekato]

önu ekato

1. reflection seen when looking into an eye

   Synonym: önu akano ökato

2. one of the several doubles or spirits (ökato) possessed by each person, namely the one said to reside in the eye, to cause dreams by its nightly travels, to be benevolent, and, along with the do'ta, to animate a human being and return to the sky at death

   Hyponym: adekato

   Synonyms: önu akano ökato, sejje

This term is usually found with a second-person possessor, as ayenudu ekato (Ye’kwana) or adenudu ekato (De’kwana).

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