HIEM: THE SHAPE OF THE ACEH PUZZLE
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Hiem, Shape, and Acehnese puzzlesAbstract
Human creativity, which is multidimensional and plays an important role in the formation of culture, is often expressed through humor and riddles, such as Hiem in Acehnese society, which functions as a humorous language game to entertain and train critical thinking skills. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with a literature study method that examines Acehnese Hiem from literary books through collecting, classifying, and interpreting data based on its form, meaning, and linguistic elements with an analysis that focuses on words and sentences. The results of the study show that Acehnese Hiem is a form of humorous riddle that is rich in creativity and can be classified into five main forms, namely simile, word play, analogy, polysemy, and abbreviation, which utilizes ambiguity of meaning and linguistic elements to generate humor, convey communicative functions such as satire and reprimand, while also serving as a local cultural heritage that needs to be preserved.
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