Leksem Gajah dalam Peribahasa Melayu Analisis Semantik Inkuisitif

A proverb is a sentence that appears with an implied meaning. The use of elephant elements as a symbol of the condition of Malay Society. The data in this research is data sourced from the Malay Letters Reference Center (PRPM) with elephants as the focus of the data. Meaning in this research uses script semantic analysis, cognitive semantics, and inquisitive semantics. This study was conducted to find out the meaning of the elephant lexeme proverb based on the dictionary meaning, the meaning by linking to societal or social conditions and the meaning by linking to other branches of science. This study produces the meaning of the proverb which means that the elephant is an animal that has a fairly large position among other land animals. The domain that emerges from the results of this analysis is a symbol of the Malay people’s intelligence in choosing symbols based on the habits of the Malay people. The domains that emerge based on inquisitive semantic analysis in the research are (1) the domain of power, (2) the domain of aloofness, and (3) the domain of futility.