ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*likaC lightning

PAN likaC lightning ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	qilat	glitter
Amis (Kiwit)	likat nu tsiɬal	ray of sunlight
Amis	likat nu tsiɬal	ray of sunlight
	ma-likat	to be burning, glowing
	likat	light, ray; lamp
	likat	light from a source
Amis (Kiwit)	likat	light, ray; lamp
Siraya	rikat	lightning
Proto-Rukai	ɭikacə	lightning

PMP kilat₁ lightning ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	cilat	lightning, thunderbolt
Isneg	kilāt	a flash of lightning
Agta (Central Cagayan)	kilát	lightning
Ibanag	kilaʔ	lightning
Agta (Dupaningan)	kilát	lightning
Kankanaey	men-kilát	white, hoar, clean; silvery, silver, snowy, argentine, gray; light-colored, light, lightsome
Casiguran Dumagat	kilát	lightning; for lightning to strike
Sambal (Botolan)	kílat	lightning
Sambal	kílat	lightning
Hanunóo	kílat	lightning
Masbatenyo	kilát	lightning
Aklanon	pa-ŋilát	to be lightening, flashing, of lightning
	kilát	flash of lightning, lightning bolt
Waray-Waray	ki-kilát	lightning
Hiligaynon	kilát	lightning
Cebuano	kilat-an	curse hoping lightning strikes someone, especially for doing something immoral (as committing incest); have a lucky break in a seemingly impossible situation
	kílat	lightning
	pa-ŋilát	for lightning to be flashing intensely
Binukid	pa-ŋilat	for lightning to flash
	kilat	lightning
Maranao	kilat	fast; glimpse; lightning
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	kilat	lightning; to lighten, flash, of lightning
Mansaka	kilat	to lighten, flash, of lightning
Tiruray	kilot	a lightning flash; (of lightning) to flash
Tausug	kilat	a (slight) streak of lightning without thunder; heat lightning; any flash of light
Lun Dayeh	kilat	flames of a fire
	me-kilat	in flames
Kiput	kicət	lightning
Bintulu	kilat	lightning
	bə-kilat	to shine, glitter
Kelabit	kilat	lightning
Sangir	kilaʔ	lightning
Karo Batak	kilat	glittering, shining
Iban	kilat	lightning; flash, gleam
Malay	me-ŋilat	like lightning, lightning-fast
	kilat	lightning, explained as the flash of the whip with which the Angel of the Thunders drives the clouds before him
Tontemboan	kilat-a im pisow	the sparks that fly from the blade of a machete that is being sharpened on a whetstone
	kilat	lightning; flash, shine
Mongondow	kilat	lightning
Ampibabo-Lauje	ʔilat	lightning
Petapa Taje	ilati	lightning
Ngaju Dayak	kilat	lightning
	ma-ŋilat	to gleam, flash, of lightning
Tae'	kilaʔ	lightning
Wolio	kila	lightning
	ko-kila	flash (also of lightning), shine, gleam, glisten, glitter
Muna	ko-kila	to sparkle, glitter
Makassarese	kilaʔ	lightning
	kilak-i	lightning is flashing
Old Javanese	kilat	lightning, flash of lighting
	ka-kilat-an	to illuminate with flashes of lightning, shine on
Bikol	kit-kilát	lightning
	ma-kilat-án	to be struck by lightning
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki	kilaQ	lightning
CMP
Rembong	kilat	lightning
Manggarai	hilat	lightning
Bimanese	kila	lightning
Komodo	kila	lightning
Ngadha	kila	fast, rapid
Tetun	kilat	a gun, firearm of any type
	kilat leten	thunder
OC
Gitua	kila-kila	lightning
Samoan	ʔi-ʔila	(of reflected light on water, glass, or polished surface, etc.) shine, glisten, sparkle, twinkle; bright, shiny
Niue	ki-kila	to shine; brightness; smooth
Arop	kila	lightning

PWMP maR-kilat to flash, of lightning ⇫ ¶

WMP
Masbatenyo	mag-kilát	to flash, of lightning
Tausug	mag-kilat	for a flash of lightning to occur
Malay	ber-kilat-	to flash, of lightning
Bikol	mag-kit-kilát	to have lightning; to strike (lightning)

PWMP k<um>ilat to lighten, to flash, of lightning ⇫ ¶

WMP
Cebuano	mu-kílat	for lightning to flash
Tontemboan	k<um>ilat	to flash, of lightning
Mongondow	k<im>ilat	to flash, of lightning
Old Javanese	k<um>ilat	to flash, of lightning

PMP kila-kilat shine, flash repeatedly ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	om-cila-cilat	twinkle brightly, glitter, sparkle (shiny surface)
Itawis	kili-kilát	lightning
Yogad	kila-kilat	lightning
Maranao	kila-kilat	lightning; fast as lightning
Lun Dayeh	kilat-kilat	full of flames
Karo Batak	er-kilat-kilat	glittering, sending out sparks
Tontemboan	kila-kilat-an	place where there are many lightning flashes
Tae'	maʔ-kilaʔ-kilaʔ	like lightning, meaning very hot, of the sun, very fierce, fiery, of actions; be lucky, luck out
Muna	kila-kila	shine, radiate
CMP
Ngadha	kila-kila	quick, fast (as in walking)
OC
Gitua	kila-kila	lightning
Anuta	kira-kira	shiny

Reconstructions

PAN	likaC	lightning
PMP	kilat₁	lightning
PWMP	maR-kilat	to flash, of lightning
PWMP	k<um>ilat	to lighten, to flash, of…
PMP	kila-kilat	shine, flash repeatedly

Note

Also Kankanaey kimát ‘lightning, flash of lightning’, Itawis kilád ‘shininess’, Bontok kelyat ‘lightning; to flash, of lightning’, Ifugaw kilʔát ‘lightning, lightning flash’, muŋ-kilʔát ‘it discharges lighting flashes; glittering, sparkling (as sun rays flashing in a mirror)’, Ifugaw (Batad) īlat, Kapampangan kíldap, Tagalog kidlát ‘lightning’, Aklanon kídlat ‘flash of lightning’, Mapun maŋirat ‘lightning; for lightning to flash’, Mansaka silat ‘shine; to rise (as sun or moon)’, Maranao kindat ‘shine; radiance’, Yakan lalat ‘lightning, flashes of lightning’, Tombonuwo kudilop ‘lightning’, Singhi Land Dayak kijat ‘lightning’, Malagasy helatra ‘lightning; (fig.) swift, quick’, manelatra ‘to lighten, to flash; (fig.) angry, hasty in temper’, Talise pila-pila ‘lightning’.

The most striking feature of this comparison is the apparent metathesis of the first two consonants in Malayo-Polynesian languages and in Kavalan. This might be taken as evidence that the East Formosan languages (Basai, Trobiawan, Kavalan, Amis, Siraya) subgroup immediately with Malayo-Polynesian, but the order of consonants in Amis likat agrees with that of the PAn form, and so suggests that the metatheses in Kavalan qilat and PMP *kilat are historically independent changes.