k əmʌnəʊ ʌbʌn ndʌk pʌɪŋ?
How do you come here? Macam mano aban datang kek siko?
m ʌʧʌm mʌnəʊ ʌbʌn dʌtʌŋ kek sɪkəʊ?
How much money do you have? Berapo manyak pitih yang aban punyo?
b ə:ʌpəʊ mʌnjʌk pɪtɪh jʌŋ ʌbʌn pʊnjəʊ?
How beautiful is she? Seberapo elok inyo?
s əbə:ʌpəʊ elɒk ɪnjəʊ?
What is your name? Siapo nama aban?
s ʌpəʊ nʌmʌ ʌbʌn?
What time is it? Jam berapo kining?
ʤʌm bə:ʌpəʊ kɪnɪŋ?
What is your hobby? Apo hobi aban?
ʌpəʊ hɒbɪ ʌbʌn?
4.2.2 The Function of Muko-Muko Question Words
By analyzing all of the sentences selected from the collected data, it can be seen that Muko-Muko has 14 question words used in Muko-Muko interrogative
sentences. Below are the list of the Muko-Muko question words:
1. Apo
ʌpəʊ what
2. Ndak apo nd
ʌk ʌpəʊ for what goal
3. Untuk apo
ʊntʊk ʌpəʊ what for reason
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The question words “ndak apo” and “untuk apo” contain the same base word “apo”. In morphophonemic process, these can be analyzed as:
- Ndak apo nd
ʌk ʌpəʊ ndak + apo nd
ʌk + ʌpəʊ -
Untuk apo ʊntʊk ʌpəʊ
untuk + apo ʊntʊk + ʌpəʊ
The preposition “ndak” and “untuk” together with base word “apo” from the question word “ndak apo” and “untuk apo”. Thus the question words “ndak
apo” has the meaning of “what is the goal”, while the question word “untuk apo” has the meaning of “what is the reason” or simply stated as “why”.
4. Siapo s ɪʌpəʊ
who subjectobject
5. Punyo siapo p
ʊnjʌ sɪʌpəʊ whose ownershippossessive
All of the question words in this group contain the base morpheme “siapo”. In morphophonemic process, these can be analyzed as:
- Punyo siapo p
ʊnjʌ sɪʌpəʊ punyo + siapo pʊnjʌ + sɪʌpəʊ This base morpheme is glued to the preposition “punyo” and “untuk”
meaning “own” and “for”.
6. Dimano d
ɪmʌnəʊ where
7. Kemano k
əmʌnəʊ where to
8. Dari mano d
ʌ:ɪ mʌnəʊ where from
In this group, all the question words contain the same base word “mano”. From mrphophonemic point of view, we can analyze them as:
- Dimano d
ɪmʌnəʊ di + mano d
ɪ + mʌnəʊ -
Kemano k əmʌnəʊ
ke + mano k ə + mʌnəʊ
- Dari mano d
ʌ:ɪ mʌnəʊ dari + mano d
ʌ:ɪ + mʌnəʊ
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The preposition “di”, “ke”, and “dari” are used in combination with the base word “mano”. The preposition “di”,”ke”, and “dari” explain about “place”.
9. Berapo b ə:ʌpəʊ
how many, or how much describe “amount”
10. Seberapo s
