sekolah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • sek (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay sekolah, from Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˈkolah/ [səˈko.lah]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -olah
  • Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sêkolah (plural sekolah-sekolah)

  1. school
    1. (education) an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
      Synonyms: madrasah, maktab, perguruan
    2. the time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution; school time
    3. an establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
    4. (rare) within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area
      Synonyms: departemen, fakultas, sekolah
      Synonyms: fakulti, pusat pengajian (Standard Malay)
  2. (rare) learning
    Synonym: pelajaran

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ternate: skola, sikola

Verb

sekolah

  1. (figurative) to pawn surat keterangan in a bank for a loan

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

sekolah

  1. romanization of ꦱꦼꦏꦺꦴꦭꦃ

Malay

Alternative forms

  • sek (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese escola.

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /səˈkolah/ [səˈko.lah]
    • Rhymes: -olah
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /səˈkola(h)/ [səˈko.la(h)]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -olah, -ola
  • Hyphenation: se‧ko‧lah

Noun

sekolah (Jawi spelling سکوله, plural sekolah-sekolah)

  1. school
    Sekolah saya berdekatan dengan sebuah pusat beli-belah.
    My school is near a shopping centre.

Descendants

See also