The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*silaw dazzling, of light

PMP silaw dazzling, of light

WMP
Itawis silaw-án East
Bontok síləw a pitch pine torch; to illuminate with a pitch pine torch
Ilokano silaw-an to light; illuminate; seek with a light
sílaw light
ma-nílaw to light, fish with a light
pa-nílaw light used for catching mudfish at night
Tagalog maka-sílaw to glare; to shine strongly or unpleasantly; to shine so as to hurt
sílaw glare from a bright light; a feeling of inferiority
siláw dazzled, blinded by the glare of light; having an inferiority complex
Cebuano ka-sílaw brilliance
sílaw ray, beam of emitted light; to shine, emit rays of light
Mansaka silaw to illuminate brightly; shine brightly
Toba Batak silo dazzling glare, dazzlingly bright
silo-an mata be temporarily blinded by dazzling light
Iban silaw dazzled; hence dim-sighted from glare
Malay silaw dazzled by glare, e.g. by the sun, or by the flash of a sword
Makassarese silo glimmer (of sun, moon, lamp, fire)
appa-silo hold the hand over the eyes (as to peer toward the sun)
Javanese silo blinded by glare
Bikol mag-sílaw to brighten; to become brighter; to flash; to reflect light
Proto-South Sulawesi silo light, glare
Bikol ma-sílaw bright, glaring
OC
Samoan tilo ray or beam of light (e.g. coming through a chink in a coconut-leaf Venetian blind)

PWMP ma-silaw bright, shiny

WMP
Itbayaten ma-silaw shiny, dazzling
Tagalog ma-sílaw to be dazzled or dazed; to be made to feel inferior
Agutaynen ma-silaw glaring, as of a bright light, or light being reflected off something
Karo Batak me-silo sensitive to light, of the eyes