sekolah menengah kejuruan
Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) + kejuruan (“skill”). Comparable to Japanese 高等専修学校 (kōtōsenshūgakkō, “upper secondary specialized training school”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈkolah mənəˈŋah kəd͡ʒuˈruan]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ko‧lah mê‧nê‧ngah kê‧ju‧ru‧an
Noun
- (education) senior high school (US), upper secondary school (UK) level (ISCED Level 3) vocational school, abbreviated SMK.
Usage notes
The term was derived from Netherland Dutch ambachtsschool (now voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs).
Synonyms
- sekolah ambah (obsolete)
- sekolah pertukangan
- kolej teknikal (Standard Malay)
Hypernyms
- sekolah kejuruan
- sekolah vokasi
Further reading
- “sekolah menengah kejuruan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.