Sama, Central

accident.

This word refers to an accident caused by having a request denied. For instance, a boy's request to join a basketball game was denied because the teams were already even. So the boy later joined a volleyball game in which he was injured. According to the concept of agpos , his having been denied entrance to the basketball game was the cause of his accident. Perhaps this is the reason that requests, particularly children's requests, are seldom denied.

Bang kow nintah iyan-iyan, bohoh mbal niyah ma lumah, delatun pat tangan nu maka kow mbal agpos.

If you ask for something, but there is no one in the house, lick your palm and you will not have an accident.

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to be "accidented"; to have an accident.

Ley aku agpos.

I was accidented. [This cannot be said this way in English, but it is correct in Sama.]

I had an accident because I was denied something./ An accident has befallen me.

to be accident prone.

Ling-sigeya, bangsa Iraan, konoh, pangagpos.

They say, the Iraan people [from Palawan Island], it is said, are accident prone if they are denied anything.

They say that the Iraan people are accident prone.