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

1. (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.