TABOOS AND EUPHEMISMS IN WANUKAKA LANGUAGE

  • Rachel J Ludji(1*)
  • Alex Djawa(2)
    Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Nusa Cendana
    • (*) Corresponding Author
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35508/optimisme.v6i2.26543
Keywords: taboo, prohibition, smooth, evasion, replacement, meaning

Abstract

Taboos and euphemisms are two words that contain different meanings. Taboos meaningful meaningless euphemism ban while
smoothing. In a society Wanukaka ditemukakan forms of speech taboos, such as fellow human relations, genitals, sexual activity,
things that have a relationship with nature and animals. Therefore, selected forms of euphemisms (smooth) as a form of
avoidance, replacement, and loadbearing extra meaning to the words tesebut.

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Published
2025-12-13
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Vol 6 No 2 (2025): Jurnal Optimisme PBS (JOPBS)
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