A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE ITAWES UNONIS
Proverbs provides a view on the way of life of a people and reveals about the ways individuals think of certain situations. This research aims to describe how someone gets wisdom, which the ability to understand everything clearly and use knowledge to overcome a problem. This research made use of qualitative design was used to determine the types and classified the Itawes proverbs shared by the key informants into four: (1) proverbs expressing a general attitude towards life and the laws that govern life; (2) ethical proverbs recommending certain virtues and condemning certain vices; (3) proverbs expressing a system of values; and (4) proverbs expressing general truths and observations about life.
Proverbs, Unonis, Content Analysis, Itawes, Indigenous Language