subtera
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Latin subterraneus, sub- + tera.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
subtera (accusative singular subteran, plural subteraj, accusative plural subterajn)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto subtera. Equivalent to sub + tero + a.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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.