sekolah dasar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah (“school”) +‎ dasar (“base”),

calque of English elementary school
calque of Dutch basisschool

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [səˈkolah ˈdasar]

Noun

sêkolah dasar

(education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)

Synonyms

sekolah rendah (before 1941)
sekolah rakyat (1941-1946)
sekolah dasar (since 1946)

Further reading

“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.

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