sekolah menengah pertama
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + 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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah pərˈtama]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah, mê‧nê‧ngah, pêr‧ta‧ma
Noun
sekolah menengah pertama
- (education) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMP.
Synonyms
- sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama (dated)
Further reading
- “sekolah menengah pertama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.