blåblå

See also: blabla, blablá, blå-blå, bla-bla, and bla bla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• (sense 2): blå-blå

Etymology

Reduplication of blå (“blue”).

Adjective

blåblå (masculine and feminine blåblå, neuter blåblått, definite singular and plural blåblå or blåblåe)

1. deep blue
   • 1973, Ola Jonsmoen, Morn, røvarungar!, [Larvik]: Norsk barneblad, page 70:

     Ho var blå kring munn og nase og blå på fingrane, og sikkert blåblå i magen, for det var dit bæra hadde trilla.

     She was blue around her mouth and nouse and blue on her fingers, and probably blue-blue (i.e. very blue) in her belly, because that was the place where to the berries har rolled.

2. (politics) supportive of or related to (the politics or policies of) a politically conservative coalition