sekolah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay sekolah, from Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [səˈkolah]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sêkolah (plural sekolah-sekolah, first-person possessive sekolahku, second-person possessive sekolahmu, third-person possessive sekolahnya)

  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.
  2. (rare) learning.
    Synonym: pelajaran

Derived terms

  • bersekolah
  • disekolahkan
  • menyekolahkan
  • persekolahan
  • sekolahan

Descendants

  • Ternate: skola, sikola

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

sekolah

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

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

See also

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