kloan

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • kloa, gloa (West Central)
  • kla, klaa (East Central, Vienna, Southern, Carinthia)

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): /ˈkˣlɔɐ̯n/, [kʰl-]

Adjective

kloan (comparative kloaner, superlative kloanstn) (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

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