sepak bola

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of sepak (“kick”) +‎ bola (“ball”), from earlier sepakbola. Compare with Japanese 蹴球 (shūkyū, “association football, soccer”, literally “kick ball”). Attested before 1948.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

sepak bola (plural sepak-sepak bola)

  1. (sports) football (association football, soccer)

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • bersepak bola
  • persepakbolaan
  • pesepak bola

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.