sekolah menengah pertama

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Compound of sekolah menengah (“high school (US), secondary school (UK)”) +‎ pertama (“first”), calque from Japanese 初等 (shotō, “beginner, primary”) +‎ 中學校 (chūgakkō, “secondary (middle) school”). The post-war Japanese term is 中学校 (chūgakkō). Attested in Kanpō/Berita Pemerintah 2602 (1942). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /səˌkolah mənəˌŋah pərˈtama/ [səˌko.lah mə.nəˌŋah pərˈt̪a.ma] Rhymes: -ama Syllabification: se‧ko‧lah me‧ne‧ngah per‧ta‧ma === Noun === sekolah menengah pertama (plural sekolah-sekolah menengah pertama) (education) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMP. Synonym: (dated) sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama ==== Usage notes ==== The term has been attested since 1942, replaced Dutch meer uitgebreid lager onderwijs. The term sekolah lanjutan tingkat pertama was used from 1994/1995 to 2003/2004. === Further reading === “sekolah menengah pertama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016