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kloa

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Bavarian

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Etymology

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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

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Adjective

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kloa (stem kloan- , comperative 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

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kloa m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of klo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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kloa f

  1. definite singular of klo

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German klār , from Latin clārus .

Adjective

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kloa (comparative kloara , superlative kloaschsta )

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

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