kepala sekolah
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of kepala (“head”) + sekolah (“school”), calque of Dutch schoolhoofd (“headteacher, principal”, literally “school head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəpala səkolah/
Noun
kêpala sêkolah
- (education) headteacher, principal
- Synonyms: direktur, guru kepala
Alternative forms
- kepsek
Further reading
- “kepala sekolah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.