A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON FIGURATIVE SPEECH FOUND IN ROTENESE SONGS' LYRICS
This research entitled A descriptive study on figurative speech found in Rotenese songs’ lyrics. This study aims to find out the type and the meaning of figurative speech found in Rotenese songs’ lyrics. It is a descriptive study method used. The writer used five songs as the representative of Rote songs’ lyrics. The result shows that there are eleven types and its meaning of figurative speech found in Rote songs’ lyrics namely: 1) metaphor : Lole bubuni bunak means the family should live in harmony. 2), personification : Nai lete langga duik means Golgotha hills as the place of Christ was crucified. 3)Hyperbole : Da lilon ana means the blood of God that so worthy. 4) litotes: Leo mae imeda malanduk mataan te huna tungga bmataan from song Sapa mau ikut Yesus means if want to be a good Christian, the person do not revenge if someone hurt you.5) Simile :,Esa sangga esa salan Sama leo Lamatuak ara sangga sangga salan na means everyone should live together in harmony. 6), Alliteration : Tia lai tia lai mete mata tia lai neu kada Yesus. Yesus ta bingga ba’e means a family create to live in Jesus. 7) Idiom : Da lilon ana titi means Worthy God’s blood that drip on the ground to sacrifice for all the sinners. 8), Symbol : ana mete hu ita salan Da lilon ana titi Nai ai ngganggek lain means God that knows our sin as sacrifice on the cross. 9) Repetition : Tia lai, Tia lai mete mata, Tia lai neu kada yesus Yesus ta bingga ba’e. Lole dae bafok iya Lole bubuni bunak. means a good family should live in harmony, 10), Metonymy : Titi hndi lamatuak da lilon na .Hu nitu ma dudungguk ma mbambauk torono.Se nau tungga loak malole.Samanek ana mate means Blood of God drip because of Satan that dig all the brothers and sister to persuade human. 11)Assonance: Tia lai ,Tia lai mete mata, Tia lai neu kada yesus, Yesus ta bingga ba’e means a good family should live in harmony. Therefore, figurative language is one of the way to show the beauty of the language in Rote songs lyric.