The Metaphoric Aspects of Water in Tradiotional Sundanese Expressions

Abstract

Regional languages can be expressed in various forms, including traditional expressions, whether in the form of phrases (idioms) or proverbs. Many traditional expressions contain elements of water or have a water-related nuance, which are referred to as hydrological traditional expressions. This research aims to identify and describe the metaphorical aspects and forms of hydrological traditional expressions in the Sundanese language. This type of research is qualitative with a descriptive method. The data consists of hydrological traditional expressions in Sundanese, which were collected through bibliographic study techniques and intuitive techniques. The sources of this research data are books on Sundanese traditional expressions, ancient Sundanese manuscripts, and the researcher themselves. Data processing was conducted through direct element analysis techniques and hermeneutics. The research findings discovered traditional expressions that are water element-based and water-toned. Their forms can be in the form of derivative words, reduplicated words, compound words, phrases, single sentences, and compound sentences. The metaphorical aspect of traditional hydrological expressions consists of associative metaphors in word expressions and comparative metaphors in proverbs.