THE MEANING OF BUILDING AND PLACE NAMES IN THE KERATON SURAKARTA HADININGRAT

Abstract

A name always has a meaning attached to it. The naming process has a very important role and includes linguistic aspects, semantics, and cultural factors that are considered. As one of the valuable heritages that is an asset and wealth of Indonesia. In Keraton Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat, many buildings and places have names that have certain meanings and concepts, often related to history, culture, or traditional Javanese values. This research aims to find out the meanings attached to the names of buildings and places in Surakarta Hadiningrat Sunanate Palace. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with a semantic approach. The data collection process is done by observation and interview. The data source of this research is the names of buildings and places in Surakarta Hadiningrat Sunanate Palace, and the data is the meanings attached to the names of buildings in Surakarta Hadiningrat Sunanate Palace. The research results from the names of buildings and places from Tugu Pamandengan to Alun-alun Selatan have meanings attached to them. The meaning consists of lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, historical meaning, philosophical meaning, and cultural meaning.  The conclusion is that the names of buildings in Surakarta Hadiningrat Palace have inherent meanings both in linguistic and cultural aspects. This is because Surakarta Hadiningrat Palace was one of the kingdoms in Java in the past.