spermkval
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom sperm (“sperm”) + kval (“whale”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspermkval m (definite singular spermkvalen, indefinite plural spermkvalar, definite plural spermkvalane)
- Synonym of trollkval
- 1930, Odd Refsdal, Frå Bøgrendi:
- Det hende i 1896 at ein spermkval slukte ein mann. Han låg i kvalen i 33 timar og levde dei tok honom ut att.
- It happened in 1896 that a sperm whale swallowed a man. He was inside the whale for 33 hours and was alive when they got him out.
References
edit- “spermkval” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.