sekolah ambah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah (“school”) +‎ ambah (“masonry”), partial calque of Dutch ambachtsschool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah ˈambah]

Noun

sekolah ambah

1. (education, historical) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK) level vocational school.

Synonyms

• sekolah menengah kejuruan

See also

• sekolah vokasi

Further reading

• “sekolah ambah” 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.