kilat

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, compare Malay kilat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kilat/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lat

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning (flash of light)

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilát

  1. lightning

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ki‧lat
  • IPA(key): /ˈkilat/

Noun

kílat (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜎᜆ᜔)

  1. lightning
    Synonym: linti

Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Dupaningan Agta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilát

  1. lightning
    Synonym: linti

Ibanag

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC, compare Cebuano kilat.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kilat (“lightning”), from Proto-Malayic *kilat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ki‧lat

Noun

kilat (plural kilat-kilat, first-person possessive kilatku, second-person possessive kilatmu, third-person possessive kilatnya)

  1. (literally) lightning: a flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
  2. (figurative) shiny
  3. (figurative) something fast

Adjective

kilat

  1. lightning (extremely fast or sudden)

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese kilat.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kilat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

Noun

kilat (Jawi spelling کيلت, plural kilat-kilat, informal 1st possessive kilatku, 2nd possessive kilatmu, 3rd possessive kilatnya)

  1. lightning (flash of light)

Adjective

kilat (Jawi spelling کيلت)

  1. lightning (extremely fast or sudden)

Further reading

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Verb

kilat

  1. to flash (lightning)

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning
    Synonym: kilakilat

References

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilát

  1. lightning

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Ratagnon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilát

  1. lightning

Swedish

Verb

kilat

  1. supine of kila

Tagabawa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Tagakaulu Kalagan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilat

  1. lightning

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /kilat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Syllabification: ki‧lat

Noun

kilat (Sulat Sūg spelling كِلَتْ)

  1. lightning

Tetum

Etymology

Actually lightning.

Noun

kilat

  1. firearm

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kilat, from Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Noun

kilát

  1. lightning
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