búktal
Icelandic
Etymology
From búkur (“trunk; belly”) + tal (“speech”).
Noun
búktal n (genitive singular búktals, no plural)
- ventriloquism, (the art of projecting one's voice without moving the lips so that it appears to come from another source, such as a dummy)
Declension
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | búktal | búktalið |
| accusative | búktal | búktalið |
| dative | búktali | búktalinu |
| genitive | búktals | búktalsins |
Related terms
- búktalari (“ventriloquist”)