underlay

Etymology 1
From, from , equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
 * 2)  To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
 * to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
 * 1)  To put a tap on (a shoe).
 * 2)  To incline from the vertical.

Etymology 2
From, , equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
 * 2) A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
 * 3) Anything that is underlaid.
 * 4)  A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
 * 5)  Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
 * The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 地毯襯墊
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: alusmatto
 * French:
 * Irish: fobhrat
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tuwhara
 * Russian:, , ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 襯底,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Maori:
 * Russian: ,


 * Irish: foleagan