Abstract
The paper serves double purposes, to show the current popular understanding on the most basic value in Sasak community, merariq. The commonsense interpretation is proven to be incoherence with the formal state of the language and cultural ideals of Sasak. The second purpose of the study is to propose alternative approach, linguistic formant analysis, in order to arrive at the most cohesive and coherence description and comprehension of the concept. This analysis relies on the very formal evidence, morphological and grammatical mechanism as the basis to start and end at the converging state showing the inter-relation between the semantic and the socio-pragmatic values which structures deep in the lives of the society. It is found that the simple 7-letter word term turns out an amalgam of various morphological, grammatical, semantic on the one hand and the melting pot of conceptualritual ideal on the other. In this way, the simple word is quintessentially the core of the most advanced thinking of the Sasak over generations which has unfortunately been biased. The inclusive and solidarity spirit of Sasak merariq in linguistic realm is supported by Nothofer (1999) which proves that Sasak term for husband and wife are sterile from the Javanese language style.
Keywords: Sasak community, Merariq, Language, Cultural ideas, Linguistic realm
