Reconstruction:Proto-Malayo-Polynesian/kilat

This Proto-Malayo-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *likaC.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈlat/

Noun

*kilat

  1. lightning

Descendants

  • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
    • Old Javanese: kilat
    • Indonesian: kilat
    • Malay: kilat
  • Oceanic
    • Samoan: 'i'ila
  • Philippine
    • Northern Luzon
    • Greater Central Philippine

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