kepala sekolah
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Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of kepala (“head”) + sekolah (“school”), calque of Dutch schoolhoofd (“headteacher, principal”, literally “school head”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kêpala sêkolah
- (education) headteacher, principal
- Synonyms: direktur, guru kepala
- Synonym: guru besar (Standard Malay)
Alternative forms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kepala sekolah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.