Category of Noun Lexical Meaning in Balinese

This study aimed to analyze type I and its subtypes' characteristics of Balinese noun lexemes meaning categories. The theory used was Semantic Theory. It applied qualitative research with the data obtained from written and spoken data. The data were collected through observation and interview methods. It is then analyzed using the distributional methods. Meanwhile, the analysis is presented in formal and informal methods. The results of the study are as follows. Type I was characterized by the main meaning [+thing +person(O)], and its additional characteristics; [Object, +(ND), +(Ny), +(K), -uncountable (-H). Furthermore, I subtype was divided into 6 subtypes, i.e.: IA subtype: [+B,+ O, +ND, +Ny, +K, +-h]; IB subtype: [+B, +O, +NK, +Ny, +K, +-h]; IC subtype:[ +B, +O ,+NP, +Ny, +K, +-h]; ID subtype: [+B, +O, +NJ, Ny, +K, +-h]; IE subtype:[+B, +O, +ND, +Ny, +K, +-h]; IF subtype: [+B, +O, +ND, +Ny, + K, +-h].