kepala sekolah

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of kepala (“head”) +‎ sekolah (“school”), calque of Dutch schoolhoofd (“headteacher, principal”, literally “school head”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəpala səkolah/

Noun

kêpala sêkolah

(education) headteacher, principal
Synonyms: direktur, guru kepala

Alternative forms

kepsek

Further reading

“kepala sekolah” 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.

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