klaa

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === kla (spelling variant) kloa, gloa (West Central Bavarian) 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): /ˈɡ̥laː/ === 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 == === Alternative forms === klee === Etymology === Compare German klein. === Adjective === klaa (Erzgebirgisch) little, small ==== Derived terms ==== Klaakram klaalaut === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73 == Rhine Franconian == === Etymology === Compare German klein. === Adjective === klaa little, small