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Translation

birthday

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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
naskiĝi + 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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This word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 12: naskiĝtago, ĉasi, mapo and 7 more words.