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)

  1. (education, obsolete) primary school

Synonyms

Further reading

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)

  1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) primary school.

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The term is limited to Dutch-period school in Indonesia and has been replaced by sekolah rakyat during Japanese occupation and sekolah dasar since 1946.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

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