KILAT

kílat n lightning.
kusug pa sa faster than greased lightning.
v {1} [A] for lightning to flash.
Mukílat gánì, dúna giyuy dalug- dug, Where there is lightning, there is thunder.
{1a} -an curse hoping lightning strikes s.
o.
, esp.
for doing s.t.
immoral.
Nag-pabaliw ang amahan ug anak.
Kilátan pa untà, The father and daughter are having sexual relations.
May lightning strike them!
{2} [b(1)] have a lucky break in a seemingly impossible situation (lit.
have lightning flash at one).
Mupalit kug tíkit sa swipstiks uruy.
Ug kilátan dì madátù unyà ku, Ill buy a sweepstakes ticket.
Who knows.
If I get a lucky break, Ill be rich.
Musúkul ta bísag maáyu sila.
Básin pag kilátan nga makadaug, We will play against them, strong as they are.
Who knows we might get a break and win.
{3} [b6] be done with lightning speed.
Gipang-gútum ang kabatáan kay gikilátan lang ang pagkáun sa lamísa, The children must have been hungry because they finished their food with a lightning speed.
paN-() v [A13] for lightning to be flashing intensely.
Dautan ang panahun kay nagpangilat, The weather is bad and the sky is ablaze with flashes of lightning.
-nun a with lightning speed.