sakidlat
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sakirlat — obsolete
- saquirlat — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Possibly from sa- + kidlat (“lightning”). Compare Kapampangan sakildap (“move with extreme brevity like lightning”), from kildap (“lightning”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sakidˈlat/ [sɐ.xɪd̪ˈl̪at̪̚]
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: sa‧kid‧lat
Noun
sakidlát (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜃᜒᜇ᜔ᜎᜆ᜔) (obsolete)
- flash (very short amount of time)
- Synonyms: sagimpot, sakidlap
Derived terms
- isakidlat
- sumakidlat
See also
- sidlap
- taluiryap
Further reading
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier