Attitude of Adjective Syntax of Gu-Mawasangka Dialect of Muna language Sailan Zalili English Letters Study Program, Halu Oleo University, Jalan H.E.A. Mokodompit, Kendari-Indonesia Author correspondence: Maulid Taembo, English Letters Study Program, Halu Oleo University, Jalan H.E.A. Mokodompit, Kendari-Indonesia, Email: maulid.taembo@rocketmail.com
Online published on 24 April, 2018. Abstract The study aims at finding out overall description about adjective syntax of Gu-Mawasangka dialect of Muna language. The data collected through (1) observation method, (2) interview method, and (3) intuition method, namely the researcher as the native speaker of the language may verify the data. The result of this study are (1) based on the adjective semantic, Gu-Mawasangka dialect is grouped on (i) colour: kapute ‘white’, kadea ‘red’ kaito ‘black’, kangkuni ‘yellow’; (ii) form: khete ‘flat’, khoko ‘sharp’, bungku ‘humped’, onu ‘round’; (iii) size: a) range: komao ‘near’, kodoo ‘far’; b) long: ubu ‘short’, wanta ‘long’; c) high: panda ‘low’, langke ‘high’; d) deepness: oci ‘shallow’, undalo ‘deep’; e) thickness: nifi ‘thin’, kapa ‘thick’; f) content: pono ‘full’, koso ‘empty’; g) number: bhahi ‘many’, sendadi ‘little’; h) time: sebantaha ‘a moment’, mpona ‘long time’; i) heavy: sape ‘light’, bhie ‘heavy’; j) large: ndiihdi ‘small’, bhala ‘big’; k) age: khangku ‘young’, cua ‘old’; (iv) taste: a) feling: tongo ‘calm’, bhidha ‘happy’, mahasai ‘difficult’; b) indra: tembe ‘tasteless’, meko ‘nice’, kolo ‘sour’, sodho ‘hot’, khindi ‘cold’, (v) mental: tongo ‘silent’; bhokhe ‘stupid’, makidha ‘clever’ maende ‘arrogant’, sabakha ‘patient’, ambano ‘shy’. (6) way: ricu ‘dishonest’, seonu ‘cooperatively’, mau ‘slowly’, kadhehe-dhehe ‘uncarefully’. (2) In morphology aspect, adjective of Gu-Mawasangka dialect signed by the present of base form that has affix with pattern noka (N) + adjektive + R, eithera part or whole with the meaning is ‘very or rather. Relatedto adjective sytnaxof Gu-Mawasangka dialectmay (1) function as predicate, (2)asattribute, (3) may be put at left of word mpu ‘right, mpeuhi ‘very’, and sepalia ‘very or too’, and (4) may be put on the right of word noanga ‘very’, notolau ‘very’, noula ‘rather ’, and nokuha ‘less’. Top Keywords Muna, Attitude, Morphology, Adjective Syntax, Gu-Mawasangka Dialect. Top |