Research Article
Exploring the Meaning of Lexicons in Adak Congko Lokap, A traditional Ceremony in Manggarai, Western Part of Flores-NTT-Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.13-12-2024.2355560, author={Yosefina Helenora Jem and Raimundus Beda and Tobias Gunas and Agnes M. D. Rafael and Ni Made Veryanti Utami}, title={Exploring the Meaning of Lexicons in Adak Congko Lokap, A traditional Ceremony in Manggarai, Western Part of Flores-NTT-Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Education, Humanities, Health and Agriculture, ICEHHA 2024, 13-14 December 2024, Ruteng, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICEHHA}, year={2025}, month={5}, keywords={lexicon meaning adak congko lokap}, doi={10.4108/eai.13-12-2024.2355560} }- Yosefina Helenora Jem
Raimundus Beda
Tobias Gunas
Agnes M. D. Rafael
Ni Made Veryanti Utami
Year: 2025
Exploring the Meaning of Lexicons in Adak Congko Lokap, A traditional Ceremony in Manggarai, Western Part of Flores-NTT-Indonesia
ICEHHA
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-12-2024.2355560
Abstract
This article mainly explores and describes lexicons found in Adak Congko Lokap, a traditional ceremony performed by Manggaraian people in the western part of Flores, Indonesia. It is an ecolinguistics study focusing on the relation between language and environment. In addition, this study explores the form and meaning of the lexicons in Adak Congko Lokap. This study was qualitatively designed and the data used were words, phrases, and sentences that appeared in Adak Congko Lokap. The data was used to identify the form of the lexicons in Adak Congko Lokap and its meaning. Two techniques were used to collect the data, namely observation and interview. The results confirmed that the performance of Adak Congko Lokap is divided into three steps: Reke, Pantek Kaba, and Pa’un Kaba. The lexicons appear in Adak Congko Lokap are single words and compound words, which are then divided into nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Furthermore, those lingual expressions have four meanings denotative, connotative, social, and affective.
