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Abstract Indonesia is well-known for its diversity of ethnicity, language, religion and tradition. The various of local languages makes Indonesia differ to another countries. Furthermore, what makes Indonesia special is the existence of local languages which its whereabouts only exists on the paper, but also is proven by the use of language this modern era. As the part of Indonesia, Sikkanese (Sikka regency people) use their local language in daily communication aside from Bahasa. The use of local language in daily communication is one of strategies to preserve and inherit the culture. There are some forms language which used by Sikkanese in communication and Proverbs is one them which still exist until today. Unfortunately, many Sikkanese are not familiar even do not know the meaning of several Proverbs. This matter leads to several misunderstanding and misinformation, and even worst this condition bringing half of Sikkanese no longer to use proverbs because it is incomprehensible. This paper discusses about several forms, meanings and functions of Sikka proverbs which commonly occur in daily communication that are difficult to be understood