sekolah dasar
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah (“school”) + dasar (“base”),
- calque of English elementary school
- calque of Dutch basisschool
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah ˈdasar]
Noun
sêkolah dasar
- (education) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Further reading
- “sekolah dasar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.