Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference on Linguistics (ISCL 2022)

Syntax Category of Existence Ecolexicon ke-afo-an in Central Nias Language

Authors
Forisman Hulu1, Aron Meko Mbete1, Mirsa Umiyati1, *
1Master of Linguistics Program, Warmadewa University, Denpasar, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: mirsa.umiyati2@gmail.com
Corresponding Author
Mirsa Umiyati
Available Online 1 March 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_29How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Sintax; Ecolexicon; Ke-fo-an; Central Nias Language
Abstract

The Nias language that records the richness of Nias culture is ke-fo-an. Ke-fo-anis a mixture of five entities originating from nature or the environment that are often used as snacks or cigarettes by residents who live in the geographical area of the Nias archipelago. The five main ke-fo-anentities are fino (betel nut), gambe (gambir leaf), becua (lime), tawuo (betel), and bako (tobacco). The purpose of this study is to describe the syntactic category of the afo-an ecolexicon in the Central Nias Dialect. This research was designed with a mixed methods research approach (qualitative and quantitative). The result shows There are 3 syntactic categories that exist in the afo-an tradition, namely, noun, verb, and adjective categories. Examples of noun categories are the word from madawa ‘knife’ and the noun phrase cucu wole ‘pelocok kinang’ which has a syntactic construction, core noun + modifier noun. Furthermore, examples of categories of verbs are such as the original word ‘chew’ and the phrase mamici ‘concealing’ which has a syntactic construction, prefix as a modifier element + verb as a core element. Examples of adjective categories are the origins of olombanö ‘dizzy’ and afoe ‘sepat’.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Student Conference on Linguistics (ISCL 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
1 March 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_29
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-014-5_29How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Forisman Hulu
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