rumpetroll
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From rumpe (“rear, tail”) + troll (“troll”).
Noun
rumpetroll n (definite singular rumpetrollet, indefinite plural rumpetroll, definite plural rumpetrolla or rumpetrollene)
- a tadpole
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- rompetroll, rompetrøll (nonstandard)
Etymology
From rumpe (“rear, tail”) + troll (“troll”).
Noun
rumpetroll n (definite singular rumpetrollet, indefinite plural rumpetroll, definite plural rumpetrolla)
- a tadpole
- Synonym: myrlappause
Swedish
Etymology
From Norwegian Nynorsk rumpa (“rear, tail, rump, ass”) + troll (“troll”).
Noun
rumpetroll
- (dialectal) a tadpole