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.

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Adjective

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klaa (comparative klaner, superlative klanstn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. small, little, tiny, wee, small-scale
  2. little, young (in age)
  3. insignificant

Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Noun

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klaa

  1. Alternative form of kiaa

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German klein.

Adjective

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klaa

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) little, small

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Further reading

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, 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], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 73: