finnkval

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From finne (“fin”) +‎ kval (“whale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²fɪnˌkʋɑːl/

Noun

finnkval m (definite singular finnkvalen, indefinite plural finnkvalar, definite plural finnkvalane)

a fin whale, finback Balaenoptera physalus
- 1940, Jon Auklend, Norsk soge - med innskot om grannefolka:
  Då såg han mykje kval. Difor tok han til å veida finnkval nord i Ishavet med eimbåt.
  He saw a lot of whales then. Therefore he started hunting fin whale north in the Arctic Ocean with a steamboat.

References

“finnkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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