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that culture also functions as design for living, which gives meaning to

the way and the form of habits considered appropriate and acceptable

within a certain community group, while language is treated as a

cultural activity and, at the same time, an instrument for organizing
other cultural domains (Sharifian & Palmer, 2007: 1).

In this context, Taylor (in Peoples & Bailey, 2009: 22) defines

culture as a whole that includes knowledge, beliefs, arts, morals, laws,

customs, and other abilities and customs acquired by humans as
members of society. In other words, knowledge, beliefs, art, morals,

laws, traditions and other practices acquired by man as part of society,

constitute the components of culture. Peoples and Bailey (2009)

conclude that culture is learned, shared, and shared together.

Etymologically the word "culture" or "culture" in English comes
from the Latin "colere" which means "to cultivate" or "to do" something

related to nature (cultivation). In Indonesian, the word culture

(nominalized: culture) comes from the Sanskrit "buddhayah" which is

the plural form of the word buddhi (mind or reason). Another

explanation of the etymology of the word "culture" is as a development
of the compound word "cultivation" which means the empowerment

of mind in the form of creation, work and charity.

In another perspective, Dewantara (Arief, 2015) explained that

"culture" or "culture (Javanese: kabudayan)" has similar terminology

with the words "culture" (from German), "cultuur" (from Dutch), and
"culture" (from English) which all have the meaning of the results /

fruits of human civilization. The word "culture" (adopted in its entirety

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