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.
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References[edit]
- “skinnvengje” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.