IDENTIFICATION OF TRADITIONAL BALINESE FOOD LEXICON IN MENYALI VILLAGE: AN ETHNOLINGUISTIC STUDY

For Balinese people, traditional Balinese food is consumed and offered or performed in rituals and Hindu religious activities. Although some traditional Balinese foods have succeeded in becoming world-famous, many traditional Balinese dishes and cooking utensils are now starting to be unknown to the younger generation of Bali, especially the names of traditional foods used for rituals. For this reason, this study aims to identify the lexicons of traditional Balinese food and traditional Balinese cooking utensils. This research is an ethnolinguistic study. This research was conducted in Menyali Village, Sawan District, Buleleng. Data were collected using interviews and observations. Five traditional figures in Menyali Village were selected using the snowballing technique involved in this study. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively using an interactive data analysis model, carried out in three stages: data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing/verification. This study found 81 lexicons categorized as nouns, consisting of 28 lexicons of traditional Balinese food names, 33 cooking tools, and 20 cooking spices. This study also identified 21 verbs related to the techniques or processes of cooking traditional Balinese food. In addition, this study also identified 28 adjectives related to traditional Balinese food. Thus, this study has successfully identified 130 lexicons related to food and cooking tools for traditional Balinese food. Considering the existence of the Balinese language, which is now starting to be endangered, the list of lexicons can be an essential note in maintaining it.