IDIOM OF WORDS BASANG IN BALINESE LANGUAGE

Wedayanti, Ni Putu Luhur ( Udayana University)

LINGUAL: Journal of Language and Culture
Vol 3, No 5 (2015)

This study aims to explain the meaning of idioms using stomach as part of the body represent a particular purpose, and together produce meanings related to emotions. Balinese Language (BL) has several idioms based on the word basang ‘stomach’. The data source is oral speech from daily conversation, Observation and note taking technique were applied in this study to collect data. The collected data was analyzed through semantic views resulting that Balinese language Idioms is a tangible manifestation of the close relationship between language and culture.