sekolah rendah
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah (“school”) + rendah (“low”), from Malay sekolah rendah, from Dutch lagere school.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈkolah rənˈdah/
Noun
sekolah rendah (first-person possessive sekolah rendahku, second-person possessive sekolah rendahmu, third-person possessive sekolah rendahnya)
- (education, obsolete) primary school
Synonyms
- sekolah rendah (before 1941)
- sekolah rakyat (1941-1946)
- sekolah dasar (since 1946)
Further reading
- “sekolah rendah” 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.
Malay
Etymology
Calque of Dutch lagere school with sekolah + rendah.
Noun
sekolah rendah (plural sekolah-sekolah rendah, informal 1st possessive sekolah rendahku, 2nd possessive sekolah rendahmu, 3rd possessive sekolah rendahnya)
Usage notes
The term is limited to Dutch-period school in Indonesia and has been replaced by sekolah rakyat during Japanese occupation and sekolah dasar since 1946.
Descendants
- Indonesian: sekolah rendah
Further reading
- “sekolah rendah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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