kvitkval

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From kvit (“white”) +‎ kval (“whale”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²kʋiːtˌkʋɑːl/

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.

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