gilap

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay gilap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gilap (“radiance”). Doublet of kilap and kilat.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡilap/ [ˈɡi.lap̚]
• Rhymes: -ilap
• Syllabification: gi‧lap

Adjective

gilap (comparative lebih gilap, superlative paling gilap)

1. (chiefly dialectal) shiny, glossy, luster, flashy

Derived terms

• gemilap
• gilap-gemilap
• menggilapkan
• penggilap

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*gilap”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “gilap”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016