kloa
Bavarian
Alternative forms
- gloa (spelling variant)
- kla, klaa (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
- 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): /ˈɡ̥lɔɐ̯/
Adjective
kloa (comparative kloaner or kleaner, superlative kloanstn or kleanstn) (West Central Bavarian)
- small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
- little, young (in age)
- insignificant
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