kvitkval
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From kvit (“white”) + kval (“whale”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kvitkval m (definite singular kvitkvalen, indefinite plural kvitkvalar, definite plural kvitkvalane)
- a beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
- 1939, Odd Refsdal, “Biskopen som åt støvlane sine”, in Farleg liv:
- Det einaste feittet dei kunne få tak i, var av ein kvitkval som hadde legi der sidan sumaren i førevegen, og som sjølvsagt var halvroten.
- The only fat they could get, was from a beluga whale which had been there since the previous summer, and which was of course half rotten.
References
- “kvitkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.