sepak bola
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
sepak bola (first-person possessive sepak bolaku, second-person possessive sepak bolamu, third-person possessive sepak bolanya)
Alternative forms edit
- bola sepak (Standard Malay)
- sepakbola
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Further reading edit
- “sepak bola” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.