A STUDY OF KARONESE AFFIXATION IN FORMING VERB

This study deals with affixation of Karo Language in forming verb. Theobjectives of this study are to describe the morphological process of affixation informing verb in Karo language as well as to describe the function and thegrammatical meanings of affixation in forming verb in Karo language. The method ofresearch is library research by reading some books related to this study. Theinstruments of collection data used tape recorder. The technique of analysis data isdocumentary technique namely identifying the data, classifying the data and findingthe dominant type of affixation in Karo language. The findings showed that there arefour kinds of Karonese affixation in forming verb namely: (1). Prefix occurs 51(48%). (2). Infixes occurs 3 (2%), (3). Suffixes occurs 43 (30%) and (4). Confixesoccurs 18 (10%) and the total occorences is 119. So the dominant type of affixationfound in Karonese in forming verb is Prefix occurs 51(48%). The function ofaffixation in Karo language are derivational and inflectional, derivational is changethe meaning after attached by affix to the stem for example: {er-} + lajang →/erlajang/, /lajang/ means alone, prefix {er-} is inserted, it becomes /erlajang/ meansgoing and inflectional is does not change the meanings after attached by affix to thestem for example: ayak + {-i} → /ayaki/ , /ayak/ means running, suffix {-i}inserted, it becomes /ayaki/ means “running” . The grammatical meanings ofaffixation in Karo language in forming verb are process and activity for example/ersada/ gathered meaning of affix {er-} is as process and /erjuma/ farmingmeaning of affix {er-} is as activity .