"alg-" meaning in Estonian

See alg- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From alg. Head templates: {{head|et|prefix}} alg-
  1. basic, fundamental, elementary Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-alg--et-prefix-D4mqcs9y
  2. starting, initial Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-alg--et-prefix-yzKfh1d~ Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 12 52 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 52 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 72 20
  3. (linguistics) proto- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-alg--et-prefix-kZzPpeSn Categories (other): Linguistics, Estonian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Estonian entries with incorrect language header: 30 16 53 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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  "etymology_text": "From alg.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "alg-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tõde \"truth\" → algtõde \"a fundamental truth or fact (usually regarding a specific field)\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "basic, fundamental, elementary"
      ],
      "id": "en-alg--et-prefix-D4mqcs9y",
      "links": [
        [
          "basic",
          "basic"
        ],
        [
          "fundamental",
          "fundamental"
        ],
        [
          "elementary",
          "elementary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 52 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 52 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 72 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kapital \"funds\" → algkapital \"initial funds\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starting, initial"
      ],
      "id": "en-alg--et-prefix-yzKfh1d~",
      "links": [
        [
          "starting",
          "starting"
        ],
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "et",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "et:Linguistics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 16 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "läänemeresoome \"Finnic\" → algläänemeresoome \"Proto-Finnic\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "proto-"
      ],
      "id": "en-alg--et-prefix-kZzPpeSn",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "proto-",
          "proto-"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) proto-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alg-"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Estonian lemmas",
    "Estonian prefixes",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alg.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "alg-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Estonian",
  "lang_code": "et",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "tõde \"truth\" → algtõde \"a fundamental truth or fact (usually regarding a specific field)\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "basic, fundamental, elementary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "basic",
          "basic"
        ],
        [
          "fundamental",
          "fundamental"
        ],
        [
          "elementary",
          "elementary"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kapital \"funds\" → algkapital \"initial funds\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "starting, initial"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "starting",
          "starting"
        ],
        [
          "initial",
          "initial"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "et:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "läänemeresoome \"Finnic\" → algläänemeresoome \"Proto-Finnic\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "proto-"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "proto-",
          "proto-"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) proto-"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alg-"
}

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