sekolah rakyat
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah (“school”) + rakyat (“people”), from calque of Japanese 國民學校 (kokumingakkō, literally “people school”), from calque of German Volksschule (“primary school”, literally “people-school”). Cognate of Korean 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah ˈraʔjat̚]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah‧rak‧yat
Noun
sekolah rakyat
- (education, obsolete) elementary school (US), primary school (UK)
Usage notes
The term was used officially from 1941 to 13 March 1946 during Japanese colonial period, later replaced by the term sekolah dasar.
Further reading
- “sekolah rakyat” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.