handphone
Meaning
- A mobile phone.
- (obsolete) A telephone receiver or handset.
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Etymology
In summary
From hand + phone. For the sense of mobile phone, compare with Chinese 手機/手机 (shǒujī, literally “hand machine”) and Korean 손전화 (sonjeonhwa, literally “hand telephone”).
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