tālrunis

Latvian

noun
Definitions
  • telephone set, phone electronic device used for communication between two people
  • telephone that part of a telephone set that converts electrical impulses into sound
  • telephone number

Etymology

Compound from Latvian tāls (far) + Latvian runa (talk, speech).

Origin

Latvian

runa

Gloss

talk, speech

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
💬 🦜

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms