Sama, Central - anggowtah

anggowtah

the working body; the parts of the physical body; also, the body viewed as comprised of its many parts.

Pag luun pin Mungkalun, kamemon anggowtah missala, beteh tangan. Ya ling-na, "Aku bey ngoot, aku bey nangkow..."

When Mungkalun [the one who gets up the dead] is coming, all the body speaks, like [the] hand. What it says, "I touched, I stole..."

When Mungkalun comes to a deceased person, the parts of the deceased's body report to him. For instance, the hand says, "I touched [this], I stole [that]..."

baran, puhuh

pag-, -an

to work physically; to labor.

Minsan du teh ta tutu, mbal na kapag-anggowtah, bannal na toh, na sin sidja.

Just like us here, we cannot work physically now, that [is] true boy, [it is] only money [we can give].

Just like us here, we can no longer work physically to help our families and community because we are old, man it's true. Now all we can do is give money to do our bit.

Anu hinang bi tutu mbal tapag-anggowtaan, basa ngamaana.

This work of yours cannot be done physically, because [it] is translating.

siga anggowtah baran

body parts.