basis (foundation, principle) · base · local organization of a party, the grass roots
çekim: çoğul Basen · tamlayan Basen
eş: Fundament, Stützpunkt
zıt: Spitze
köken: From Middle High German basis (13th c.), from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis). At first in various technical senses. The generalization as “foundation” likely influenced by French base, the military use probably after English base, both from the same Latin noun.
small fragment or piece of something · someone or something belonging to a certain group or category, but otherwise nondescript and not worth attention · unimportant or novice member of a group, rank and file, as opposed to a full-fledged member
eş: 片端, 末端, 断片, 切れ端, 断片, 末輩
köken: Compound of 端 (hashi, “edge; piece of something”) + 塊 (kure, “lump, chunk”). Compare similar usage of English lump. First cited to 1694.
crew (group of people operating a vehicle or means of transport, or occasionally something else) · crew (non-officer nautical personnel) · rank and file (in the Finnish rank system, includes sotamies and korpraali)
çekim: çoğul miehistöt · tamlayan miehistön
köken: mies (“man”) (plural stem) + -stö (collective noun suffix). First attested in Frans Ferdinand Ahlman: Ruotsalais-suomalainen sanakirja ("Swedish-Finnish Dictionary", 1865).