sekolah menengah pertama
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + pertama (“first”), calque from Japanese 初等 (shotō, “beginner, primary”) + 中學校 (chūgakkō, “secondary (middle) school”). The post-war Japanese term is 中学校 (chūgakkō). Attested in Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah 2602 (1942).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˌkolah ˌmənəŋah pərˈtama/ [səˌko.lah ˌmə.nə.ŋah pərˈt̪a.ma]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah me‧ne‧ngah per‧ta‧ma
Noun
[edit]- (education) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMP.
Usage notes
[edit]The term has been attested since 1942, replaced Dutch meer uitgebreid lager onderwijs. The term sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama was used from 1994/1995 to 2003/2004.
Synonyms
[edit]- sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama (dated)
Further reading
[edit]- “sekolah menengah pertama” 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.