Matigsalug Student Dictionary – underlie

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underlie
/an-der-lie/

vt.

1.
Def.: egkabunbunan
MS: egkabunbunan
If something underlies a second thing, it is under that second thing.
Hard rock underlies the soil here.
Ka makehal ne me batu nabunbunan kayi te tanè.

vt.

2.
Def.: eg-ayatan
MS: eg-ayatan
If something underlies another thing, it causes or produces that other thing, and maybe is not easy to see.
A lack of vitamins underlies his sickness.
Ka pegkakulang te bitamina iyan eg-ayatan te dalu rin.
Irreg. underlay, underlain.
Sem.Dom.: AWL6

underlying
/an-der-lie-ying/

adj.
Def.: nenakaanig [nenaka͡anig]
MS: nenakaanig
Something underlying is covered or hidden by another thing.
I don't know the underlying reason for his sickness.
Wara a nakataha te nenakaanig ne aliddanan te dalu rin.
It is hard to make a well because of the underlying rock.
Malised ne iggimu te belun tenged te nenakaanig ne batu.
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Last updated: 20/Sep/2012