sekolah dasar

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah (“school”) +‎ dasar (“base”), a calque of Dutch basisschool.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˌkolah ˈdasar/ [səˌko.lah ˈda.sar]
• Rhymes: -asar
• Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah da‧sar

Noun

sêkolah dasar (first-person possessive sekolah dasarku, second-person possessive sekolah dasarmu, third-person possessive sekolah dasarnya)

1. 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.