kilap

Betawi

Etymology 1

From Malay kilap.

Noun

kilap

1. shine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese kilap (“lightning”).

Noun

kilap

1. lightning

Alternative forms

• kilèp

Descendants

• → Sri Lankan Creole Malay: kilap

Further reading

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “kilap”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 222

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkilap/ [ˈki.lap̚]
• Rhymes: -ilap
• Syllabification: ki‧lap

Adjective

kilap (comparative lebih kilap, superlative paling kilap)

1. shiny, glossy, luster, flashy

Derived terms

• berkilap
• berkilap-kilap
• kemilap
• mengilap
• mengilapkan
• pengilap
• pengilapan
• sekilap

• kilap bibir

References

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

Further reading

• “kilap”, 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