búktal

Icelandic

noun
Definitions
  • 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

Etymology

Compound from Icelandic búkur (torso, belly, trunk) + Icelandic tal (number, speech, count, enumeration).

Origin

Icelandic

tal

Gloss

number, speech, count, enumeration

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Modern world

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Person/Thing

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