Tilik Kaji Tradition in Wonosobo: Between Prayer, Solidarity, and Social Ethics

Puji Laksono

Abstract

The role of language in community life is very important as a medium for transmitting knowledge and traditions between generations. One manifestation of this is seen in the traditional lexicon in the agricultural activities of the Javanese people, especially the people of Kemurang Village, Brebes Regency, who rely on chili farming as their main livelihood . The theoretical framework refers to Chaer's (2012) word class analysis as well as lexical and cultural semantics. The method used is descriptive qualitative with a semantic approach. Data were obtained from oral speech in the Ngapak dialect of Kemurang chili farmers. The results of the study identified 48 lexicons categorized as nouns, verbs, and adjectives, which were grouped into seven categories: (1) Naming types of chili plants (2) mentioning the process of chili plant nurseries (3) the process of chili plant land cultivation (4) the process of sowing chili plants (5) the process of chili plant maintenance (6) mentioning the condition of chili plants, and finally (7) mentioning the harvest period of chili plants. These findings indicate that the agricultural lexicon not only documents technical knowledge, but also reflects local wisdom rooted in communal social relations. This wisdom encompasses the values of mutual cooperation, beliefs, and customary norms that govern how communities interact with nature. The dominant cultural dimension makes this research relevant to Javanese studies in the preservation of the Javanese language, specifically the Ngapak dialect.

Keywords

hajj tradition; religious culture; rural communities; social solidarity; wonosobo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/javanologi.v9i2.118477

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