Translation
birthday
Word origin
A transparent Esperanto compound: naskiĝ- ('being born', from naski 'to give birth', from Latin nasci) plus tago ('day', from German Tag). Literally 'birth day', assembled exactly as English assembles it.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- naskigxi + tago
- English cognates
- natal, nativity
Examples
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Today is my mother's birthday.
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She received a lovely present for her birthday.
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For his birthday we made a big cake.
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