TRADISI MINAHASA TERKAIT DENGAN MAKANAN TRADISIONAL

Food is regarded as important aspects of indigenous culture of Minahasa when viewed from various Minahasa cultural relics that still survive today. In addition, specific Minahasan traditional food is associated with social behavior which is very typical for a particular event in the culture, but still rarely written scientifically, especially in the field of linguistics.Empirical evidence shows that there is an ambiguity (overlap) on the appearance of the name of  typical food   between  the party menu which still contains the original culture of Minahasa like Endo wangko 'holy day'  or "Pengucapan" with a menu of food   that are commercialized as the name of the food  as a restaurant menu, inn  or hotel, and vendor menu. In other words,  the typical Minahasa food and beverage as a genuine  Minahasan  culture still appear on the religious function of culture, whereas on the other hand, Minahasan traditional food  has appeared on the restaurant menu as a regular menu. The main problem in this study can be formulated as “How does the naming system of  food  that appears in Minahasa cultural traditions based on  myths or folklore that have symbols and myths value and meaningful functioning as a cultural concept of  Minahasa?”. The conclusion is the concept of Minahasan culture especially  Minahasan traditional food is a dynamic transformation that can be observed in Minahasan culture through the Minahasan traditional food  naming system linulut vs non-linulut established or determined by a series of meaning components at the taxonomic hierarchy.Keywords: minahasan traditional food, Minahasan culture.