kloa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

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)

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kloa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of klo

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kloa f

  1. definite singular of klo

Plautdietsch

Adjective

kloa

  1. clear, obvious
  2. articulate, succinct
  3. bright, lucid
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