Sasak Lexicon in Traditional Marriages: A Linguistic Anthropology Perspective

Sasak traditional marriages of people in North Lombok- Indonesia have three common systems. They are betrothed (tapedait), proposed (melakoq), and elopement (memulang). The process has traditional lexicon marriages which have sequence marriages activity in each meaning relevant to another process. Among the marriages, memulang system is carried out dominantly. Moreover, it is found that there are two meaning, namely linguistic meaning and cultural meaning.