sekolah rendah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sekolah (“school”) +‎ rendah (“low”), from Malay sekolah rendah, from Dutch lagere school.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈkolah rənˈdah/

Noun

sekolah rendah (first-person possessive sekolah rendahku, second-person possessive sekolah rendahmu, third-person possessive sekolah rendahnya)

1. (education, obsolete) primary school

Synonyms

• sekolah rendah (before 1941)
• sekolah rakyat (1941-1946)
• sekolah dasar (since 1946)

Further reading

• “sekolah rendah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

Calque of Dutch lagere school with sekolah +‎ rendah.

Noun

sekolah rendah (plural sekolah-sekolah rendah, informal 1st possessive sekolah rendahku, 2nd possessive sekolah rendahmu, 3rd possessive sekolah rendahnya)

1. (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore) primary school.

Usage notes

The term is limited to Dutch-period school in Indonesia and has been replaced by sekolah rakyat during Japanese occupation and sekolah dasar since 1946.

Descendants

• Indonesian: sekolah rendah

Further reading

• “sekolah rendah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.