kloa

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Bavarian

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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

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

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Noun

kloa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of klo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kloa f

  1. definite singular of klo

Plautdietsch

Adjective

kloa

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