Javanese Flowers Concoction Lexicon and Their Functions for Healing in Javanese Language: An Ethnolinguistic Study

Abstract

The use of flower concoction is mythological and is related to the Javanese life, expressed through their language. This study aims to reveal the lexicon that expresses flowers concoction and their function for healing among Javanese people. The study used a descriptive qualitative research method, supported by ethnolinguistics theory. The data was collected through observation, interviews, and desk study from DIY and Central Java Province area. The Huberman’s interactive model of data reduction, data analysis, and conclusion with verification to achieve perfect findings was used. The findings revealed ten types of lexicons flower concoction in Javanese culture, each representing the cultural function of flower concoction to be used as alternative healing method for the Javanese people. These ten-lexicon were used as a means of requesting salvation from the God. In this request, there are human components as the experiencer, the target to be achieved as the target, God as the actor, the flower concoction as the instrument, and the spirit of the supernatural world as the disturbance. These findings would be used as material for the development of entry (lema) and the improvement of entry (lema) explanations in the dictionary; or material for the preparation of an encyclopedia of Javanese culture, and a useful reference material for determining health development policies for the community.