klaa
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): /ˈɡ̥lɑː/
Adjective
klaa (comparative klaner, superlative klanstn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
- small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
- little, young (in age)
- insignificant
Dama (Sierra Leone)
Noun
klaa
- alternative form of kiaa
East Central German
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Etymology
Adjective
klaa
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Further reading
- 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, 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[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73: