The Derivational and Inflectional Affixes in Oheo and O Nggabo Tolaki Folktales

Abstract

This study deals with derivational and inflectional affixes in the folktales of Tolaki Oheo and O Nggabo. The main purpose of this study is to describe the types of derivational and inflectional affixes found in the folklore of Oheo and O Nggabo. The method used in this study is a descriptive method in which this method is used to present data based on facts according to those listed in the folktale of Oheo and O Nggabo. The data collection used in this research is document analysis in the form of morphological studies using reading, noting, and classifying documents related to the problem and research objectives. Affixation contained in the folklore of Oheo and O Nggabo has various kinds of affixation processes, some of which maintain form, maintain meaning, and experience phoneme decay. In word formation, inflection and derivation also occur in some words, and the meaning of words contained in the Oheo and O Nggabo folktales is structural. The results of the researcher found that the affixes in Oheo and O Nggabo Tolaki folktale, namely: (i) prefixes are affixes there are located at the beginning of the basic form in this study there are prefixes including: te-, pe-, po, me, mo-, mbo-, and no-. (ii) infix is an insert that is located in the middle of the basic form in this study, there is an infix: -in- and ­–um-. (iii) suffix is an affix located at the end of the basic form in this study, there are suffixes: i, -ito, -o, -no, and –ndo, -nggu. (iv) confix is a combination of affixes on the basic form, in this study, there are confixes including:  no-ike, me-ito,te-ito, po-ke, poko-i, and mo-ito. in the Oheo and O Nggabo folktales, there is also an affix combination, namely: po-ke-i, nggo-no, -um-i.  The word formation process in the Tolaki language is in the prefix, infix, suffix, and confix.