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persistent person. This intention is also found in the proverb ngalih mambuang batu ka palatar. Since being stubbornly persistent is not only giving difficulties to
the person but also the others, it is regarded as bad behavior in Banjarese community and tends to be avoided.
o. Narrow-minded
This behavior is similar with the previous behavior stubbornly persistent. However this behavior is more to excessive beliefs in something. A person with
this behavior will fanatically follow his believe and never change his vision to others. In this study, there is only one proverb that portrays this behavior. It is the
proverb kukulilik di luang satu. This proverb has four component kukulilik
‘move around’, di ‘on’, luang ‘hole’, satu ‘one, first’ which yields a meaning ‘move around on the first hole’
literally. There are several clues of interpretation in this proverb; they are verb kukulilik, and noun phrase luang satu. The first clue, verb kukulilik means walking
in round or walking back and forth. This verb has a sense of hesitation in which the doer is in hesitation to walk away from his standing point. The second clue is
noun phrase luang satu which means first hole or hole one. This phrase refers to standing point of the doer of the verb kukulilik.
The clues above yield an explicature ‘hesitantly walking around the
starting point ’ which can be used to formulate implicature when added by the
context of the utterance. Since the speaker utters this proverb for someone who hesitates to move forward in life and it also regarded as joke for the hearer, the
implicature which can be formulated including:
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1 Showing a person who does not want to walks away from his comfort
zone. 2
Showing a narrow-minded person who is hesitantly taking change in his life.
3 Showing that being a narrow-minded person only leads in losing a
good chance in life. Regarding the clues, the explicature, and the context the last implicature is
the most appropriate as the proverb interpretation. Through this proverb a Banjarese person learns to move on in seeking good chances and opportunities in
life. This proverb also teaches to live one’s life in fullest and unafraid of taking a
wrong step.
p. Stingy
