sekolah rakyat
Indonesian
editEtymology
editCompound of sekolah (“school”) + rakyat (“people”), from calque from Japanese 國民學校 (kokumingakkō, literally “people school”), from calque of German Volksschule (“primary school”, literally “people-school”). Cognate of Korean 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (education, obsolete) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Usage notes
editThe term was used officially from 1941 to 13 March 1946 during Japanese colonial period, later replaced by the term sekolah dasar.
Synonyms
edit- sekolah rendah (before 1941)
- sekolah rakyat (1941-1946)
- sekolah dasar (since 1946)
Further reading
edit- “sekolah rakyat” 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.
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