Help with today's word of the day "フットボールのたまをとる"

[ricks.travis+nihongo_519678]

Please help with the middle word たま。
I know the first word is football and the verb is 'to catch', but what does "たま" mean?

ありがとうございます！

[poyo1107]

it's the Japanese word for "ball". So it's "to take the "football-ball"".

[community.japanese]

Hi all,

Thank you for the comments!
フットボールの玉を取る means "catch a football." The word とる has a several different meaning. This dictionary link is very useful.

http://jisho.org/

Miki H
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