sekolah dasar
Indonesian
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Etymology
[edit]Compound of sekolah (“school”) + dasar (“base”), a calque of Dutch basisschool.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˌkolah ˈdasar/ [səˌko.lah ˈda.sar]
- Rhymes: -asar
- Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah da‧sar
Noun
[edit]sêkolah dasar (plural sekolah-sekolah dasar)
- elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Synonyms
[edit]- sekolah rendah (before 1941)
- sekolah rakyat (1941-1946)
- sekolah dasar (since 1946)
Further reading
[edit]- “sekolah dasar” 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.