klaa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• kla (spelling variant)
• kloa, gloa (West Central Bavarian)
• kloan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

Etymology

From Middle High German klein, kleine, from Old High German kleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainī (“shining, fine, splendid, tender”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to cleave, stick”). Cognates include German klein, Dutch klein, Yiddish קליין (kleyn), English clean.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̥lɑː/

Adjective

klaa (comparative klaner, superlative klanstn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

1. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
2. little, young (in age)
3. insignificant

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Noun

klaa

1. alternative form of kiaa

East Central German

Alternative forms

• klee

Etymology

Compare German klein.

Adjective

klaa

1. (Erzgebirgisch) little, small

Derived terms

• Klaakram
• klaalaut

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎ (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73