Number 2 June 2017 HUMANIORA VOLUME 29 215 The Cultural Meaning of Traditonal Expressions in Daily Speech of Using Community at Banyuwangi Imam Suyitno State University of Malang. Email: imam.suyitno.fs.@um.ac.id ABSTrACT This article aims to describe a variety of traditional expressions used by Using community at Banyuwangi in speaking. The variety of expressions is studied from the form, usage, and cultural meaning in communication. The data of traditional expression speech presented in the description sources from conversation of Using community in various speech situations. The result of the study shows that there are 6 categories of traditional expressions used in the Using speech community. The variety of the expressions used by the speaker to express a message, thoughts, feelings, or opinions to the speaking participan. Various things that can be conveyed through expression are praise, anger, aggravation, suggestions or advice, and pleasure. Using community utilizes the expressions to criticize, comment, ridicule, reassuring, stated, praising, reprimanding or blaming, complaining, remind, advise, and ask or beg. All of them are refecting Using community culture in daily speech. Keywords: cultural meaning, traditional expressions, daily speech, Using community INTrODUCTION Using community speech is a group of speakers who come from the original tribe of Banyuwangi. Individuals who are members of the Using community are called wong Using. Some of Wong Using live in a social unity of Using ethnic and others coexist with other ethnic. Another dominant ethnic in the region of Banyuwangi is the Javanese called wongKulonan, the Madurese called wongMeduro, the Balinese tribe known as wong Bali. In carrying out cultural practices among the community, wong Using generally applies Using language, but if communicating with other ethnic groups, they use Javanese or Indonesian language. Banyuwangi Regency with an area of 5,782.50 km2 inhabited by population as much as 1.668.438 people, consisting of 838,856 men and 829,582 souls of the female, the population is spread in 24 sub-districts namely Pesanggaran, Bangurejo, Purwoharjo, Tegaldelimo, Muncar, Cluring, Gambiran , Srono, Genteng, Glenmore, Kalibaru, Singojuruh, Rogojampi, Kabat, Glagah, Banyuwangi, Giri, Wongsorjo, Songgon, Sempu, Kalipuro, Siliragung, Tegalsari, Licin.The largest population is in Muncar sub-district of 133.009 Soul (7.97%), while Licin District has the smallest population of 28,238 inhabitants (1.69%). The indigenous population consists of wong Using, wong Kulonan, wong Meduro, wong Bali, and immigrants from other regions, while non- indigenous residents are mostly Chinese, and some are Arabs, Dutch, English, and Pakistani. Wong Using population is estimated to reach not more than 1 thousand inhabitants (Pemerintah Kabupaten Banyuwangi, 2015). Most of Usingpeople’s livelihoods are farm laborers. The largest agricultural product is rice. Other agricultural products are corn, peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes. In addition to farm laborers, the livelihoods of Using societies are Page 215–223