bola sepak

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of bola (“ball”) +‎ sepak (“kick”).

Noun

bola sepak (plural bola-bola sepak)

1. (sports, soccer) football: the ball used in any game called "football"

Related terms

• sepak bola

Further reading

• “bola sepak”, 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

Malay

bola sepak

Etymology

Compound of bola (“ball”) +‎ sepak (“to kick”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): [bo̞lä se̞päʔ]

Noun

bola sepak (Jawi spelling بول سڨق, plural bola-bola sepak or bola² sepak)

1. (Malaysia, sports) football, soccer

Alternative forms

• (Indonesia) sepak bola

Further reading

• “bola sepak”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017