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Bavarian
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
kloan (comparative kloaner, superlative kloanstn) (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)
- small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
- little, young (in age)
- insignificant