Kitchen appliances the Minangkabau community has undergone many changes. This change resulted in the lexicon being used also changing. The classic Minangkabau community has a typical cooking lexicon like pangua ‘grater’. This equipment is no longer used by the Minangkabau community. This results in the extinction of the lexicon. The purpose of this study is to explain the threat of extinction of the lexicon of cooking equipment and the meaning of the lexicon. Data from this study comes from text edits and documentation of Minangkabau folklore. In analyzing the data the researcher used a method equivalent to antropolinguistic theory. Based on the results of the study it can be concluded that the lexicon of cooking equipment in classical Minangkabau culture can be grouped in the form of names of cooking tools and cooking containers.

lexicon, extinction, cooking utensils, Minangkabau