AN ANALYSIS OF TOPONYMY OF THE VILLAGE NAMES IN KECAMATAN SUMBERASIH KABUPATEN PROBOLINGGO

Abstract

This research analyzes the toponymy of village names in Kecamatan Sumberasih, Kabupaten Probolinggo. The problem discussed is how the toponymy of village names in Kecamatan Sumberasih, Kabupaten Probolinggo. This research aims to describe aspects of toponymy both in terms of the origin of the village name and the process of forming village names in Kecamatan Sumberasih, Kabupaten Probolinggo. The method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method. Descriptive qualitative research is a method that begins with the stage of data presentation, the data analysis stage, and the stage of presenting the results of data analysis. This research also uses a type of field research. The data sources produced in this research is informants or local village communities in Kecamatan Sumberasih, Kabupaten Probolinggo, with several predetermined criteria. The data produced in this research is in the form of oral data obtained through interview techniques, observation, and recording techniques through informants.The results of this analysis show that the naming of villages in Kecamatan Sumberasih comes from a mixture of languages ​​in the form of Javanese, Indonesian and Madurese because seen from the majority of people in Kabupaten Probolinggo, the languages ​​used daily are Javanese, Indonesian and Madurese. The ames of villages in Kecamatan Sumberasih is in the form of words and phrases, then the naming is based on three topomic aspects, namely the embodiment aspect, the social aspect and the cultural aspect. The names of villages in Kecamatan Sumberasih also consist of language units in the form are Monomorphemic, Polymorphemic and Polymorphemic Compound.

Keyword. Toponymy, Village Names, Kecamatan Sumberasih.