sakidlat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sakirlat — obsolete
• saquirlat — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

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)

1. (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