Careless sloppy Thesis Rezqan Noor Farid

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g. Careless sloppy

Another bad behavior which is portrayed by proverbs is careless or sloppy. This behavior is marked by lack of attention, consideration, forethought, or thoroughness in doing something. This behavior appears in several proverbs which are explained below. The first is proverb Taranjah garubak bagana. It has three parts, Taranjah ‘hit, crash’, garubak ‘wagon, cart’, and bagana ‘idle, static’ which yields a literal meaning ‘hit an idle cart’. Based on its literal meaning we can point out that this proverb has a clue of interpretation, a verb Taranjah. This verb means ‘accidentally hitting something’ in which the affix ta- attached to this verb is a marking of accidental behavior. In this case, we can assume that the agent of the verb taranjah in this proverb is accidentally hit the garubak bagana ‘idle cart’. In interpreting the speaker intended meaning through this proverb, we need to formulate explicature and implicature. Based on the clue pointed out above, w e can formulate an explicature ‘someone accidentally hit an idle cart’. It is insufficient to interpret the speaker intended meaning only by explicature. Using the context of the utterance, we can formulate implicature for further interpretation. This proverb usually uttered when someone having a bad luck because of his own careless action. So, the context of this proverb generally is a purpose as an insult on someone who is careless. The context, the explicature, and the clue of interpretation already mentioned above then can be used as the basis of 36 formulating the implicature. Below are several implicatures which can be formulated: 1 Showing an accident which happens to a person. 2 Showing that even something harmless can be harmful if handled carelessly. 3 Showing that a careless action leads to accident. The second implicature is appropriate implicature since it is in line with the context of the utterance where the proverb is uttered to insult a careless or sloppy person. Based on the implicature chosen, the implicative meaning passed by the speaker is showing the speaker that sloppy and careless should be avoided because it can cause accident not only for the sloppy person himself but also other person as well. Tabuati jukung miris is the second proverb that portrays sloppy behavior. It has three parts tabuati ‘getting in’, jukung ‘small boat’, and miris ‘leak’ which yields literal meaning ‘getting in a leaked small boat’. It also contains two clues of interpretation, they are: tabuati and jukung miris. The first clue tabuati has the same prefix as previous proverb clue ’s taranjah. Both of the clues have the prefix ta- which means accidentally done. In conclusion, tabuati means ‘accidentally getting in something ’ or ‘carelessly getting in something’. The next clue is a noun phrase jukung miris which contains a noun jukung ‘small boat’ and an adjective miris ‘leak’. In the past time, jukung had very important role in the daily activity of Banjarese people. Jukung was the most economical water transportation for the Banjarese people who live in the riverside villages. A leaked boat or jukung miris 37 cannot be used to travel because it will sink. Based on the fact above, the noun phrase jukung miris in this proverb then means something that can make someone drown. Regarding the clues explained above, we can formulate an explicature ‘a person who carelessly getting in a leaked boat ’. However, the previous explicature cannot fully showing the sloppy or careless behavior which is portrayed by the proverb. An implicature which can be derived by the clues and the context of the utterance of the proverb is still need to be formulated. Below are several possible implicature that can be formulated: 1 Showing a person who carelessly takes a bad choice. 2 Showing that a person should take caution when taking a decision. 3 Showing that a carelessly made decision leads into fatal mistake. Since an elder of Banjarese utters this proverb as an advice and also a warning to the youngster to avoid careless behavior, the third implicature is the most appropriate implicative meaning of this proverb. Through both proverbs taranjah garubak bagana and tabuati jukung miris which tell the sloppy or careless behavior should be avoided, we can make a conclusion that sloppy or careless is considered as bad behavior in Banjarese community. Beside those two proverbs, there are also several other proverbs that contain a lesson to avoid sloppy or careless. They are: 1. Manapak banyu diapar, 2. Guyang tungkat takana dahi, 3. Sakurang – kurang buhaya, banyu nang malamasakan. 38

h. Ungrateful