sekolah dasar

Indonesian

Etymology

From sekolah (“school”) +‎ dasar (“base”).

• Calque of English elementary school
• Calque of Dutch basisschool

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈkolah ˈdasar]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah‧da‧sar

Noun

sekolah dasar

1. (education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)

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.