Translation
sunset
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Word origin
Assembled inside Esperanto: suno plus subiri plus the noun ending. Suno is from Latin sol and Germanic sun, and subiri is sub, under, plus iri, to go.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound
- Root
- suno + subiri
Examples
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We sat on the mountain until sunset.
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The sunset over the sea was entirely red.
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After sunset the air turns cold.
Three pieces, no surprises. Suno is the sun. Subiri is plus , to go under, and it is the ordinary verb for a heavenly body dropping below the horizon. Add -o and you have the event: sunset.
Once you see the pattern the rest of the day comes free. Sunleviĝo, which arrived at rank 2,936, is sunrise; sunlumo is sunlight; sunbrilo is sunshine. Esperanto does not ask you to learn a separate word for any of them.
A note on the form. You will also meet sunsubiĝo, built on i rather than . Both are used and both are understood; is the form the dictionaries lead with, so it is the one to say.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 26, lesson 1: sunsubiro, pugno, posteulo and 7 more words.