Translation Mapping and the Meanings of Preposition over
Number of Data Object precede
the preposition
Preposition Object follow
the preposition Meaning
52STOvr2510 6
The piece of paper
Over The pasted-
down scraps Relative
position Covering,
above
54STOvr2711 2
The plain sheet of paper
Over The
Instructions Relative
position Covering,
above
59STOvr3213 8
Part of the blanket
Over Her lap
Relative position
Covering, relative
destination
62STOvr3516 Dipping
Over Sideways
Relative position
63STOvr3616 4
Higher Over
His eyes Relative
position above 64STOvr3716
4 Rubbed a hand
Over His chin
Relative position
around 78STOvr5119
4 It
Over Their heads
Relative position above
82STOvr5520 2
Draped Over
The back of a chair
Relative position
84STOvr5720 3
Slung Over
His shoulder Relative
position 91STOvr6422
Fallen Over
the toppled chair or table
Relative position
97STOvr7025 1
High Over
Their heads Relative
position above 99STOvr7225
4 Spread out
Over Their heads
Relative position above
101STOvr742 56
Arched Over
Them Relative
position above 107STOvr802
67 Out
Over His hands
Relative position,
pervasive
Number of Data Object precede
the preposition
Preposition Object follow
the preposition Meaning
55STOvr2811 8
Written Over
The years Duration
39STOvr1246 All
Over The room
Duration 50STOvr2310
3 Looks
Over Our shoulders
Orientation 35STOvr830
Watching Over
Us Orientation
53STOvr2610 7
Pored Over
It Orientation
65STOvr3816 5
Glanced Over
Her shoulder Orientation
66STOvr3916 8
Hovered Over
The colored pencils
Orientation 67STOvr4016
9 Puzzled
Over The patchwork
of scraps Orientation
68STOvr4117 3
Bent Over
The document Orientation
69STOvr4217 4
Crouched Over
The page Orientation
70STOvr4317 5
Bending Over
The glued down fragments
Orientation 76STOvr4918
4 Looked
Over Her shoulder
Orientation 79STOvr5219
6 Dawdled
Over His breakfast
Orientation 80STOvr5319
9 Looking out
Over The square
Orientation 81STOvr5419
9 Towered
Over Her
Orientation 86STOvr5920
6 The blind
Over The window
Orientation 87STOvr6020
9 A shadow
Over the thrill of
going to the new city
Orientation 89STOvr6221
9 Knocking
Over Her chair
Orientation 90STOvr6321
9 Knocked
Over The table
Orientation 92STOvr6522
Peered out Over
the swarm of people
Orientation 96STOvr6925
1 Watching
Over Us
Orientation 98STOvr7125
1 Driven
Over It
Orientation 104STOvr772
64 Out
Over The hills
Orientation
Number of Data Object
precede the preposition
Preposition Object follow
the preposition Meaning
106STOvr792 65
Out Over
The land Orientation,
pervasive 108STOvr812
69 Looking
Over The edge
Orientation 72STOvr4518
2 Out
Over The edge of the
path Excess pass,
more than 73STOvr4618
2 Her head
Over The edge
Excess pass, more than
75STOvr4818 3
Dangle Over
The edge Excess more
than 93STOvr6623
5 Hanging
Over The edge
Excess pass, more then
95STOvr6824 3
Foot Over
The edge of the boat
Excess pass, more then
105STOvr782 64
Argued Over
Solutions On the object
of, concerning,
about
Table 13. The Meanings of Preposition over
Based on the map of the preposition over in Indonesian, there are some cases in which they are translated into different classes of word, and some of them
are even untranslated. However, they still carry the same meanings with their source texts. 39 of 81 data with preposition over are translated into several
different Indonesian prepositions, sepanjang, di, melalui, ke atas, ke luar, di atas, di dekat, ke, selama, ke arah, segenap, dari, and dari belakang. As Alwi, et.al
1998: 288 mention, the Indonesian prepositions di-, ke-, and dari- are simple prepositions that indicates place, while ke luar, di luar, dari balik, di atas, and di
depan are complex prepositions that are formed of simple prepositions and adverb of places. According to Ramlan 1987: 63-71, the preposition di shows a stative
location, preposition ke- shows the direction or movement to a targeted location, while according to Muslich 2010 the preposition di expresses the spatial
relationship of place or location where the object is located. The preposition ke shows the spatial relationship of direction into a location or position, and
preposition dari also has spatial relationship that shows the source direction or location and sometimes possession. There are some words that are not included in
the types of preposition mentioned by Alwi and Ramlan, sepanjang, melalui, selama, and segenap, but when they are applied in the data, they carry similar
meanings to their source texts. There are 18 prepositions over which are translated into verbs, melewati,
menaungi, meliputi, menutupi, memandangi, memandang, menekuni, menekuri, tersandung, mengamati, mendekati, mencari, and melihat. In Bahasa Indonesia,
according to James Neil Sneddon in Indonesian Reference Grammar, memandang, mencari and melihat are simple transitive verbs that have verb bases
but have no affixes other than one of the voice affixes men- if active and di- if passive 1990: 68. As transitive verbs, they express actions toward or over the
objects followed the verbs. He also stated that melewati, menaungi, meliputi, menutupi, memandangi, menekuni, menekuri, mengamati, and mendekati are
transitive verbs with suffix –i that have the most common function to indicate that
the object is the place where the action occurs or the person or place to which the action is directed 1990: 84. The verb tersandung, according to Sneddon, is also a
transitive verb that behaves like intransitive verbs except it explicitly states that the subject undergoes something unintended, the action often occurring suddenly
and unexpectedly 1990: 114. The meanings all these verbs have including movement, passage excess passmore than, relative position location above,
covering, orientation, concerning or about. This means that even though they change from prepositions in English into verbs in Indonesian, the meanings and
expression they carry remained the same. There are 8 prepositions over which are translated into Indonesian suffix
–i. Similar to the case in which the English preposition over translated into Indonesian verbs, when it is translated into Indonesian suffix
–i that is attached to a verb, it will form a transitive verb that requires an object. Further, it shows a
meaning that the following object is a location of the action Snodder, 1990: 84. Based on the mapping of the preposition over into Indonesian above,
there are 16 data points in which the prepositions are untranslated. Though the English prepositions in these data were untranslated, the relationships and the
meanings of these data are still the same with their source texts. They can be determined by analyzing the words that structure the whole sentences.
The translations mapping of preposition over in Indonesian are sepanjang 2 data, di 9 data, melewati 7 data, menaungi 1 datum, -i 8 data, menutupi
1 datum, memandang 1 datum, menekuni 1 datum, menekuri 2 data, tersandung 1 datum, mengamati 1 datum, mendekati 1 datum, melalui 2
data, ke atas 2 data, ke luar 2 data, di atas 11 data, di dekat 1 datum, ke 4 data, selama 1 datum, ke arah 2 data, mencari 1 datum, segenap 1 data,
dari 1 datum, dari belakang 1 datum, and melihat 1 datum. From 81 data, the preposition over is not translated in 16 of them. Like in the case of two other
prepositions, above and beyond, when preposition over is translated into the same Indonesian word in several data, only one of them is presented in the table.
English Preposition
Indonesian Translation
Number of Data Indonesian Word
Class
Over
Sepanjang 28TTOvr14
Preposition Di
29TTOvr27 Preposition
Melewati 32TTOvr521
Verb Menaungi
45TTOvr1877 Verb
-i 30TTOvr320
Suffix Menutupi
54TTOvr27117 Verb
Memandang 84TTOvr57221
Verb Menekuni
70TTOvr43187 Verb
Menekuri 71TTOvr44190
Verb Tersandung
95TTOvr68243 Verb
Mengamati 73TTOvr46192
Verb Mendekati
92TTOvr65242 Verb
Melalui 68TTOvr41182
Preposition Ke atas
61TTOvr34152 Preposition
Ke luar 75TTOvr48200
Preposition Di atas
36TTOvr938 Preposition
Di dekat 34TTOvr733
Preposition Ke
51TTOvr24109 Preposition
Selama 57TTOvr30130
Preposition Ke arah
96TTOvr69244 Preposition
Mencari 109TTOvr82293
Verb Segenap
49TTOvr2295 Preposition
Dari 52TTOvr25114
Preposition Dari belakang
79TTOvr52203 Preposition
Melihat 69TTOvr42185
Verb
Table 14. The Translation Mapping of Preposition over