sepak bola

Indonesian

sepak bola

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.

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Noun

sepak bola (plural sepak-sepak bola)

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

   Synonym: sepak raga

Alternative forms

• bola sepak (Standard Malay)
• sepakbola

Derived terms

• bersepak bola
• persepakbolaan
• pesepak bola

Related terms

• bola sepak

Further reading

• “sepak bola”, 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