Ecolexicon of Kaghati Kolope Body Parts in Muna Speech Community

This article explains the ecolexicon of kaghati kolope body parts in Muna Speech Community (MSC) through ecolinguistic perspective. The kite „kaghati? is one of the traditional games and a tribal cultural product in MSC, with all the materials and tools obtained directly from nature. MSC names the kite as kaghati kolope because the wall is made from gadung leaf or roo kolope in Muna language. Kaghati kolope has been widely studied by researchers but no research in ecolinguistic. This fact motivates the writer to conduct research on ecolinguistic, especially the eco lexicon of kaghati kolope body parts and the dynamics of intergenerational understanding of ecolexicon. The method used in this research is qualitative and supported by quantitative method. The data needed were obtained by observation, interview, and questionnaire methods. Thereafter, the data is reduced and classified based on its ecolexicon. Then, the questionnaire test is conducted upon 150 respondents who were born and lived in Muna regency, LiaNgkobori and Wali villages. The range of the respondents? ages was from 15 to 65 years (young, middle, and old generation). Based on data analysis, there were two findings found: (1) the ecolexicon of kaghati kolope body parts consist of thirteen lexicons as a nominal and abiotic category, such as ghurame, kaindere, kalolonda, kamuu, kasaa, kapongke, kaworu, kasamba, pani, padhi, kasoma, rookolope, and kopu-kopunda. Those lexicons are dilated by the three dimensions of social praxis. (2) There is a different level of understanding about the ecolexicon of kaghati kolope body parts. The old generation (46-65 years) has high level of understanding with an average of 94% (very good); the middle generation (25-45 years) with an average of 62% (good); and the young generation (15-24 years) with an average of 19% (very less).