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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
One of the bad behaviors that also portrayed in the Banjarese proverb is stingy. A person with this behavior does not want to share any of his things. It is
because he has a very high sense of belonging. In this study, the researcher only found one proverb which portrays this behavior. It is proverb Kada titik banyu
diganggam that literally means ‘water does not drip when holds in a palm’. The
literal meaning above comes from four parts of the proverb itself. They are kada ‘not’, titik ‘drip’, banyu ‘water’, diganggam ‘hold in a palm of hand’.
The proverb Kada titik banyu diganggam has two clues of interpretation in it. However, those clues only can be seen through its active form, mangganggam
banyu kada titik. The active form of the proverb then reveals the clues which are
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mangganggam banyu [holding water] and kada titik [does not drip] which have contradictory relation.
The first clue is a verb phrase mangganggam banyu ‘holding water’ which
shows the stingy behavior of a person who does not want to share his belonging. This phrase is a metaphor of a person who holds his belonging tightly. The fact
that water is used as the metaphor expression of the belonging shows that it is not unlimited and will be used up in the end.
The second clue is kada titik ‘does not drip’. It is an adjective phrase that
shows contradictory fact to the first clue. In the first clue mangganggam banyu, we can see that the water belonging drips and used up even if it is tightly hold.
However, the second clue kada titik shows that the water does not drip which exhibits the nature of the stingy person who hold their belonging so tight.
Both of the clues above can be formulated into an explicature ‘holding
one’s belonging so hard to make sure it does not used up’. This explicature does not clear enough and still need further interpretation. Regarding the context of the
proverb that it is usually uttered to comment about someone bad behavior and to shows it to others; we can formulate several implicature which include:
1 Showing a strong person who holds his belonging so hard.
2 Showing a stingy person who does not want to share his belonging.
3 Showing that stingy is bad.
Since the Banjarese community is highly fond of their kinship and togetherness, the third implicature is the most acceptable. The true purpose of this
proverb is showing that stingy is bad behavior and should be avoided.
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q. Lazy
