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ABSTRACT A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON LEXICAL RELATIONS IN KAMBERA LANGUAGE IN WATUHADANG VILLAGE,EAST SUMBA REGENCY This thesis entitled “ A Descriptive Study On Lexical Relations In Kambera Language In Watuhadang Village, East Sumba Regency “.The research questions what are the types of lexical relations found in Kambera language in East Sumba and what are the meaning of lexical relations occur in Kambera language in East Sumba Regency. It aims to find out the types and meaning of lexical relations found in kambera language. The data collected from people in Watuhadang village in case of their daily communication. The method used is descriptive qualitative. The result shows that types of lexical relations is divide into five, they are hyponymy, synonymy,polysemy,homonymy and antonymy. Homonymy for example iwi ‘ratttan and yam forest’,synonymy for example padeningu= langataka ‘true’,polysemy for example katiku ‘head or the top of something’, hyponymy for example mbada ‘animal’ and antonymy for example hamu+ ndahamu ‘nice and not good’. The research found five types of lexical relations, they are 12 word of homonyms, 16 words of synonyms,6 words of polysemy,8 words of hyponyms and 12 words of antonyms.From the five types of lexical relations with many more others examples each types in Kambera language above is often also found in everyday conversation by people in Watuhadang village.