sekolah lanjutan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah (“school”) + lanjutan (“advanced, continuation”), from calque of Dutch of school voor voortgezet onderwijs: school (“school”) + voor (“for”) + voortgezet onderwijs (“secondary education”, literally “continuing education”), or meer uitgebreid lager onderwijs (MULO): meer (“more”) + uitgebreid (“extensive”) + lager (“low”) + onderwijs (“school”). Replaced by sekolah menengah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah lanˈd͡ʒutan]
Noun
sekolah lanjutan (first-person possessive sekolah lanjutanku, second-person possessive sekolah lanjutanmu, third-person possessive sekolah lanjutannya)
- (education, dated) high school (US), secondary school (UK)
- Synonym: sekolah menengah
Derived terms
- sekolah lanjutan tingkat atas
- sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama
Further reading
- “sekolah lanjutan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.