The Kadu Lexicon local wisdom of geographic’s toponymic at Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province

Abstract

Kadu lexicon is a form of language phenomenon as a product of cultural development that is unique. The lexicon of kadu is found of geographic’s toponymic at Pandeglang Regency, Banten. The development of toponymy at Pandeglang can never be separated from various aspects or various geographic phenomena that are present behind the name of the place, because the naming of the place is based on the experience and considerations of the community as cultural actors. This study aims to describe: (a) the use of kadu lexicon in geographic’s toponymic with socio-cultural conditions at Pandeglang Regency. Analytical description becomes the method in this study with written data sources and oral data sources. From the results of the study found toponyms at Pandeglang Regency using kadu lexicon, which is 47. Of all the toponyms there are 12 categorizations based on words that follow kadu lexicon and 4 groups of elements forming geographic toponymic words at Pandeglang Regency.