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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).
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Noun
sekolah menengah pertama (first-person possessive sekolah menengah pertamaku, second-person possessive sekolah menengah pertamamu, third-person possessive sekolah menengah pertamanya)
- (education) junior high school (US), lower secondary school (UK), abbreviated SMP.
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.
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