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A borrowing, via other European languages, ultimately a from Frenchtéléphone, a word coined in the 1830s from two Ancient Greek elements, τῆλε(têle, “afar”) and φωνή(phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).
runāt, zvanīt pa telefonu ― to talk, to call by phone
atkal zvanīja telefons; Birgitai mājās esot, Arnolds pie aparāta izvairījās iet ― again the telephone rang; Birgita being home, Arnolds avoided picking it up (lit. going to the telephone set)
“Nikolajs smagi saslimis”, viņa teica; “mazliet pagaidi un piezvani otrreiz, es aiznesīšu telefonu otrā istabā pie viņa gultas” ― “Nikolajs is very sick,” she said; “wait a little and call again, I will take the telephone into the other room to his bed”
telefona grāmatu, telefonu grāmatu ― phone book (list of the telephone numbers of the subscribers of a telephone network)
es pārrakstu telefonus Nākamgada kalendārā ― I am copying the telephone (numbers) to next year's calendar
Dinas tēvs metas istabā pie sava rakstāmgalda, pagrābj telefonu grāmata un trīcošiem pirkstiem šķir lapas ― Dina's father threw himself into the room, (went) to his desk, grabbed the phone book and with trembling fingers separated its pages
