A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON SYNONYM OF WAIJEWA LANGUAGE IN SOUTHWEST SUMBA REGENCY
ABSTRACT This research is about “A Descriptive Study on Synonym of Waijewa Language in Southwest Sumba Regency”. The problems of this study are what are the types of synonyms found in Waijewa language and what are the types of synonym used in Waijewa language? The aims of this study are to find out the synonym in Waijewa language and to find out types of synonym used in Waijewa language. The objects of this study are the native speakers of Waijewa language. This research used descriptive qualitative method. Technique of data collection was done through field research. The instrument used in this research is observation by recording. From the result of observation by recording, the writer found four types of synonym, namely absolute synonym, contextual synonym, cognitive synonym, plesyonym (near-synonym). Based on the four types there are only two types of synonym that used by Wewewa community, namely absolute synonym (e.g. eta-patu’u-gilakka-patete. Kako-paga-kaweloka. Gogola-golena-warraka) and plesyonym (e.g. dura-beika. Wolla-kedde, barra-tukke, muutu-bangata). Based on findings and discussion it can be concluded that the synonym that found in Waijewa language and the types of synonym that used by Wewewa society is various depend on the situation and the person being spoken to.