Kilikilāyati [denom. fr. kili with reduplication] to tinkle J v.206; (freq. fr. kili or den. fr. kilikilā; cp. kilakilā "shouting for joy" AvŚ i.48 and in cpd. hāhākārakilakilā "shouting hā -- hā and hail -- hail" ibid. i.67 MVastu iii.312 and Divy 459). See also kiṇakiṇāyati. Note. -- Kil is one of the variations of the sound -- imitating qel,which otherwise appears as qal, qul in Gr. kel -- ados, L. cal -- are, Ohg. hell -- an (cp. Sk. krandati?) also Gr. kla/zw, L. clango, Goth. hlahjan ("laugh") and in Sk kolāhala, kokila, cp. cuculus (cuckoo) and perhaps Sk. ululī, ulūka (owl), Gr. o)lolu/zw, L. ululare. See also the cognate qer under kitti.

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