kla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kla"

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *klaː₁, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *klaʔ (“tiger”); cognate with Koho kliu, Halang klìa, Khmer ខ្លា (khlaa), Pacoh cula, Mon ကၠ (klaˀ) and Khasi khla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaː/

Noun

kla 

1. tiger

Synonyms

• kiĕk

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• klaa (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): /ˈɡ̥lɑː/

Adjective

kla (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

Kembra

Noun

kla

1. leg

Slovak

Noun

kla

1. genitive singular of kel