Year: 2024 | Month: March | Volume: 11 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 475-495
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240357
Herbs in the Batak Toba Ethnicity: An Ecolinguistic Study
Rosa Damayanti Sinaga1, Jekmen Sinulingga2, Jamorlan Siahaan3
1,2,3University of Sumatera Utara
Corresponding Author: Rosa Damayanti Sinaga
ABSTRACT
In this research, the author entitled "Herbs in the Batak Toba Ethnicity". This research aims to describe the types of herbal plants of the Batak Toba ethnic group in Tanjungan village, the function of herbs in the Batak Toba ethnic group, the meaning of herbs in the Batak Toba ethnic group, and the cohesion of herbs in the Batak Toba ethnic group. The theories used in this research are the ecolinguistic theory proposed by Fill & Muhlhausler and the lexical semantic theory proposed by Pateda. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. This research shows that there are 41 types of herbs in the Batak Toba ethnic group in Tanjungan village, including: Alum-alum debata, andulpak, arsam, assi-assi, baoang rara, baoang bottar, baoang rambu, bulung holang, pinasa, bulung paet-paet, sangge- sangge, gambiri, guri-guri batu, hasior, hunik, hunik nabottar, indung hunik, jarango, jambut huting, kalippus, hatumbar na birong, napuran, oppu-oppu, pege, pege na rara, pirdot, bulu, sandduduk, sarindan, salagundi, sae-sae, seddok-seddok, silinjuang, sijukkot, simandaruma, simarhambing-hambing, sirittak, inggo, guri-guri, simarihur ni asu, attajau. and there are 38 herbal functions Toba Batak ethnic herb in Tanjungan village.
Keywords: Herbs, Batak Toba ethnicity, ecolinguistics
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