Regional Toponymy in Cirebon Regency: An Ethnolinguistic Study

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10.2991/amca-18.2018.158How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Toponym, village/urban village, ethnolinguistic.

Abstract

Cirebon is one of the most interesting regions in Indonesia and has three center of kingdoms which are widely recognized in the history of Cirebon, namely Kasepuhan, Kanoman, and Kecerbonan Palace (Ramlan, 2008: 11). Cirebon is also a center for the development of various aspects of life, such as economy, politic, culture, history, as well as religion with various ethnics and religious backgrounds. One of the indicators of community sociocultural development in Cirebon is the practice of naming a place (toponym). Toponym is a form of linkage between language, culture, and mindset of its people. The concept of regional toponym reflects the sociocultural and historical paradigm of its owner community. This study aims to: (1) explain the underlying aspects of toponym; (2) describe the morphological form in toponym; and (3) reveal the philosophy/values of local wisdom from the toponym system in the district and city of Cirebon. The method used is descriptive-qualitative and ethnography with explorative technique and ethnolinguistic approach. The data source derive from the name of the village, urban village, and sub-district located in the district and city of Cirebon, in the form of (a) written sources/literature study and (b) oral/informant, which consists a number of humanists, historians and public figures. The Research instruments used are descriptive questionnaire list, structural observation sheet, and ethnographic interview. The Toponym in the district and the city of Cirebon is in the form of: (a) the underlying aspects, for instance geographical, historical, and cultural (castles-centered/non castle-centered); (b) the form of words, phrases, idioms and categories such as maritime, names of trees, fruits, historical figures, nature, geography, hydrology, job of figures, origin/events that occur in society, functions, and others; (c) the philosophy of life in the form of comprehensive patriotism/ancestral and grateful, live on the move, move forward, and many more.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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