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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "primordial"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuánshǐ de",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "原始的"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "oorspronkelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "oer-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "alku-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "earliest",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "primordial"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "earliest",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasabamieri",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "დასაბამიერი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṗirvelq̇opili",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "პირველყოფილი"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "tavdaṗirveli",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "თავდაპირველი"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "odindeli",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "ოდინდელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "ursprünglich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "Ur-"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "Frühzeit-"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "primordial"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "archégonos",
"sense": "earliest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αρχέγονος"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protarchikós",
"sense": "earliest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρωταρχικός"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "bereshití",
"sense": "earliest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "בְּרֵאשִׁיתִי"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "ősi"
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{
"code": "is",
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"word": "frum-"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "earliest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "upphafs-"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "primordiale"
},
{
"alt": "げんしょの",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gensho no",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "原初の"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ädepkı",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "әдепкі"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "earliest",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "pierwotny"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "początkowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "primordial"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznačálʹnyj",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "изнача́льный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "primordial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "ursprunglig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "esasî"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "ilk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "kökensel"
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"roman": "pérvísnyj",
"sense": "earliest",
"word": "пе́рві́сний"
}
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}
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "protogenís",
"sense": "first principle or element",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρωτογενής"
}
],
"word": "primordial"
}
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