katakumba
katakúmba with stress marks
catacomb
Usage Note
Katakumba, from Spanish catacumba via Latin, refers to underground burial chambers most famously associated with early Christian Rome. In the Philippines the word appears in religious education, history classes, and Gothic or horror literature; some old colonial-era churches have crypt-like structures sometimes described with this term.
Examples
" Madilim sa loob ng katakumba. "
Natural Translation
It is dark inside the catacomb.
Literal Translation
Dark in inside of-the catacomb.
" Pinaralan nila ang kasaysayan ng mga katakumba sa Roma. "
Natural Translation
They studied the history of the catacombs in Rome.
Literal Translation
Studied they the history of-the catacombs in Rome.
" Habang bumababa kami sa katakumba, naramdaman namin ang lamig at katahimikan na parang umaalingawngaw ang kasaysayan ng mga libingan. "
Natural Translation
As we descended into the catacomb, we felt a cold and silence as if the history of the graves was echoing.
Literal Translation
While descending we in-the catacomb, felt we the cold and silence that like echoing the history of-the graves.
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