sekak

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schaak (“chess, check”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sə.kak/
Hyphenation: sê‧kak

Noun

sekak

(sports) chess, a board game for two players with each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
(sports, chess) check, a situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

Further reading

“sekak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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