sekolah

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekolah, from Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈkolah/ [səˈko.lah]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olah
• Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sêkolah (plural sekolah-sekolah)

1. school
   1. (education) an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

      Synonyms: madrasah, maktab, perguruan

   2. The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution; school time
   3. An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
   4. (rare) within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.

      Synonyms: departemen, fakultas, sekolah

      Synonyms: fakulti, pusat pengajian (Standard Malay)

2. (rare) learning.

   Synonym: pelajaran

Derived terms

• bersekolah
• disekolahkan
• menyekolahkan
• persekolahan
• sekolahan

 

• sekolah agama
• sekolah ambah
• sekolah asrama
• sekolah bayi
• sekolah dagang
• sekolah dasar
• sekolah dasar kecil
• sekolah drama
• sekolah inklusi
• sekolah kejuruan
• sekolah kesenian
• sekolah laboratorium
• sekolah lanjutan
• sekolah menengah
• sekolah penerbangan
• sekolah pertukangan
• sekolah raja
• sekolah reguler
• sekolah teknik
• sekolah teknologi
• sekolah tinggi
• sekolah vokasi

 

Descendants

• → Ternate: skola, sikola

Verb

sekolah

1. (figurative) to pawn surat keterangan in a bank for a loan

Further reading

• “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.

Javanese

Romanization

sekolah

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [səˈko.la], /səˈkola/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): [səˈko.lah], /səˈkolah/

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

Noun

sekolah (Jawi spelling سکوله, plural sekolah-sekolah, informal 1st possessive sekolahku, 2nd possessive sekolahmu, 3rd possessive sekolahnya)

1. school

   Sekolah saya berdekatan dengan sebuah pusat beli-belah.

   My school is near a shopping centre.

Descendants

• Indonesian: sekolah
  • → Ternate: skola, sikola
• → Iban: sekula

See also

• maktab