Meaning of Words, Meaning of Terms and Expressions

Language has been used for hundreds of years as a tool communication between humans and one another. Over time, the vocabulary of a language increasing too. So is Indonesian. This increase in vocabulary is also influenced by foreign languages ​​which are widely absorbed in Indonesian. A word in Indonesian can have many meanings if applied in different sentence contexts. There are also words that have special meanings in certain fields. Then there are words which when combined have a vague meaning. In this article, we will discuss more about the meaning of words, the meaning of terms and expressions that are closely related to the above understanding.

Word Meaning

The word in the KBBI is defined as the smallest unit of language that can stand alone. Words are the embodiment of feelings and thoughts that are poured through language. As the embodiment of feelings and thoughts, the word has a certain meaning or understanding. The meaning of a word is usually more than one. Amount types of meaning shift make a word can have a different meaning if the context of the sentence changes.

Types of word meaning and example

Until now there has been no clear division of the types of word meanings. However, many experts have divided the meaning of the word into several types. One of them is Abdul Chaer. Abdul Chaer classified the meaning of words into 13 types, namely:

1. lexical meaning
2. grammatical meaning
3. contextual meaning
4. referential meaning
5. non-referential meaning
6. denotative meaning
7. connotative meaning
8. conceptual meaning
9. associative meaning
10. word meaning
11. the meaning of the term
12. idiom meaning
13. proverb meaning

Several types of meanings of this word have been discussed in previous articles, some of which are: examples of grammatical and lexical sentences, contextual and conceptual meaning, examples of referential and non-referential meanings, example of association meaning and example of word meaning.

Meaning of Terms

The terms in the KBBI are defined as words or combinations of words that indicate the meaning of concepts, processes, circumstances, or characteristics in certain fields. From the above definition, it can be concluded that the term is different from the word. Words can have different meanings if the context changes. While the term has a fixed or special meaning in a particular field.

Terms are divided into two types, namely special terms and general terms. Definition and examples from These two types of terms are as follows:

• Specific terms are words whose usage and meaning are limited in a particular field. For example: appendectomy, kurtosis, bipatride, and Pleistocene.
• General terms are words that are elements of common language. For example: taqwa, budget, judgment, power, and marriage.

The term in Indonesian comes from the vocabulary of the Indonesian language Indonesia, cognate and foreign languages.

1. Indonesian Vocabulary

Terms can be formed from Indonesian vocabulary if they meet the following conditions:

• the most appropriate word, for example customs - excise - tax.
• word the shortest, for example political protection – political asylum.
• words that impress well, for example women - women.
• general words that are given new meanings, for example sensitive - sensitive to light.

2. Cognate Language

Terms can be formed from cognate/regional languages ​​if they meet the following conditions:

• more suitable with the connotation, for example the terms anjangsana, complete, latrine.
• shorter than the Indonesian language, for example the terms self-awareness, flexibility, clothing and food.

3. Foreign language

Indonesian language absorbs many foreign languages. This foreign language can be considered to form a new term if it meets the following requirements:

• more suitable with the connotation, for example professional, criticism, criticism, amateur
• shorter than the original translation in Indonesian, for example studies, diplomacy, documents
• ease of communication between languages, for example inflation, stock exchange, satellite

For a more complete explanation of the term, see the article example of the meaning of the term previously described.

Expression

An expression or often called an idiom, is a combination of words that have a new meaning that is different from the words that compose it. Phrases are made up of two or more words. If it is written without the context of the accompanying sentence, then there are two possible meanings, namely the actual meaning (denotative meaning) and the figurative meaning. These two meanings have been explained in the article denotation and connotation sentences and examples of denotative and connotative sentences.

Therefore, to understand the meaning of an expression, there must be an accompanying context. For clarity, consider the following two sentence contexts:

• red hot My father's favorite died yesterday when he was hit by a car.
• In an instant, the flat was devoured by the red rooster.

The context of sentence 1 is an example sentence detonation. The red rooster that is said in sentence 1 is a reddish rooster. While the context of sentence 2, the term red rooster refers to a figurative meaning which means "fire“.

Another example:

• Watch out for him, that kid is famous hand length in their environment.
• The dispute has already entered green table.
• Ardi is really like field star which his fans applaud.
• Listen carefully to your grandfather's words, he has experienced a lot salt of life.
• Not all problems have to be faced with emotion, you should use it cool head to finish it.
• Dian is always used scapegoat whenever her sister gets into trouble.
• Never mind, I Raise your hands course. It's very difficult to solve this physics problem.
• Father working hard every day so that you and your siblings can go to school.
• Better be careful when talking to him, he's so easy angry.
• During this one month the high school boy's post became topic much debated.
• Because of his stepmother's treatment, the child finally put your feet up from his own house.
• The chicken porridge business, which has been going downhill for generations, has been occupied by his family out of business.
• There's no need to think about it too much, it's all just dream.
• Do you want to make me bloody?
• How do you want to be successful if your business is only half way so?

Thus a brief discussion of the meaning of words, the meaning of terms and expressions in Indonesian along with examples of sentences. May be useful.