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Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin subterraneus, sub- + tera.
Pronunciation
Adjective
subtera (accusative singular subteran, plural subteraj, accusative plural subterajn)
- underground
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto subtera. Equivalent to sub + tero + a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subˈte.ra/
- Hyphenation: sub‧te‧ra
- Rhymes: -era
Adjective
subtera
- subterranean, underground (below ground level, under the surface of a landmass)
Li konstruktis subtera urbo pro la dessalubra aero surtere.- They built a subterranean city because of the unhealthy air above ground.
1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 207:La speci, quin on trovas en la kaverni, esas ofte sama, kam ti qui, sur la tero, vivas sub la stoni od en humida loki: e ca habiteyi konstitucas naturala transiro inter la surtera e la subtera vivo.- The species that one finds in the caves are often the same as those that on the surface lives under the stones or in humid places: and these habitats constitute a natural transition between the aboveground and the underground life.