kloa

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• gloa (spelling variant)
• kla, klaa (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)
• kloan (Southern Bavarian, Tyrol)

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

• kloen

Noun

kloa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of klo

Anagrams

• loka

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kloa f

1. definite singular of klo

Plautdietsch

Adjective

kloa

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