búktal

Icelandic

Etymology

From búkur (“trunk; belly”) +‎ tal (“speech”).

Noun

búktal n (genitive singular búktals, no plural)

1. 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

Declension of búktal (sg-only neuter, based on tal)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	búktal	búktalið
accusative	búktal	búktalið
dative	búktali	búktalinu
genitive	búktals	búktalsins

Related terms

• búktalari (“ventriloquist”)