The Form of the Ecolexicon, Construction of Grammatical Categories, and Meaning of the Lexicons in the Oral Literary Text of Guyub Spoken Tolaki Language

Abstract

Tolaki language is one of the regional languages belonging to the Austronesian family, the guyub, he said, is called the Tolaki Tribe, which inhabits the province of Southeast Sulawesi. The Tolaki tribe is spread over 7 districts/cities in the province of Southeast Sulawesi, one of which is Kendari City. The research aims to know the form of the ecolexicon, the construction of grammatical categories and the meaning of the lexicons in the oral literary text of guyub spoken tolaki language. This study was designed with a qualitative approach. This approach was chosen because it can answer the problem formulation that has been formulated in the previous introduction. Therefore, a qualitative approach is used to answer the problem formulation. The data of this research are written data taken from the published manuscripts of Tolaki oral literature. The written form in question can be in the form of words, phrases, or sentences. The data for this study were obtained from published Tolaki oral literature manuscripts and 4 (four) informants as supporting data sources who met the criteria, namely native speakers of the Tolaki Regional Language (BDT) aged 40-55 years who live in Poasia District, Kendari City. The results show the results of the discussion, and it can be concluded that there are 45 ecolexicons in the Tolaki Regional Language. The ecolexicon is based on grammatical categories, divided into three parts: noun grammatical categories consisting of 18 lexicons, 12 lexicons of verbs, and 8 lexicons of adjectives.