sekolah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• sek (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekolah, from Portuguese escola. "H" is by analogy with rumah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /səˈkolah/ [səˈko.lah]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -olah
• Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sêkolah (plural sekolah-sekolah)

1. school
   1. (education) an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.

      Synonyms: madrasah, maktab, perguruan

   2. the time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution; school time
   3. an establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
   4. (rare) within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area

      Synonyms: departemen, fakultas, fakulti (Malay), pusat pengajian (Malay)

2. (rare) learning

   Synonym: pelajaran

Hyponyms

• sekolah agama
• sekolah alam
• sekolah ambah
• sekolah bayi
• sekolah dagang
• sekolah dasar
• sekolah dasar kecil
• sekolah drama
• sekolah favorit
• sekolah inklusi
• sekolah kejuruan
• sekolah kesenian
• sekolah laboratorium
• sekolah lanjutan
• sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas
• sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama
• sekolah magnet
• sekolah mandiri
• sekolah menengah
• sekolah menengah atas
• sekolah menengah kejuruan
• sekolah menengah pertama
• sekolah menengah tingkat atas
• sekolah menengah tingkat pertama
• sekolah menengah umum
• sekolah Minggu
• sekolah mitra
• sekolah penerbangan
• sekolah penggerak
• sekolah pertukangan
• sekolah pinggiran
• sekolah raja
• sekolah rakyat
• sekolah ramah anak
• sekolah reguler
• sekolah sirkular
• sekolah swasta
• sekolah tinggi
• sekolah unggulan
• sekolah vokasi

Derived terms

• bersekolah
• disekolahkan
• menyekolahkan
• persekolahan
• sekolahan

Descendants

• → Ternate: skola, sikola

Verb

sekolah

1. apheretic form of bersekolah
2. (figurative) to pawn surat keterangan in a bank for a loan

Further reading

• “sekolah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

sekolah

1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Malay

Alternative forms

• sek (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese escola. "H" is by analogy with rumah.

Pronunciation

• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /səˈkolah/ [səˈko.lah]
  • Rhymes: -olah
• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /səˈkola(h)/ [səˈko.la(h)]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -olah, -ola
• Hyphenation: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sekolah (Jawi spelling سکوله, plural sekolah-sekolah or sekolah²)

1. school

   Sekolah saya berdekatan dengan sebuah pusat beli-belah.

   My school is near a shopping centre.

Descendants

• Indonesian: sekolah, sek
  • → Ternate: skola, sikola
• → Iban: sekula

See also

• maktab