sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah lanjutan (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + tingkat (“grade”) + pertama (“first”) from either
- Calque of Japanese 初等 (shotō, “beginner, primary”) + 中学校 (chūgakkō, “secondary (middle) school”). The post-war Japanese term is 中学校 (chūgakkō), or
- Calque of Chinese 初級中學／初级中学 (chūjí zhōngxué, “junior middle school”).
Noun
sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama
- (education, dated) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK).
Synonyms
- sekolah menengah pertama
Further reading
- “sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.