skinnvengje
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Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From skinn (“hide”) + vengje (“wing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]skinnvengje f (definite singular skinnvengja, indefinite plural skinnvengjer, definite plural skinnvengjene)
- a bat (small flying mammal)
- 1890, Arne Garborg, Kolbotn-Brev:
- Endaa naar han flyg er det som han var rædd; han flyg utan Ljod, kvævt og stilt som ei Skinnvengje.
- Even when it flies it is as if it were scared; it flies without sound, weakly and silently like a bat.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “skinnvengje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.