Ket
a member of an Indigenous people of central Siberia, living in widely dispersed communities on tributaries of the Yenisei River, between 60° and 67° N latitude.
the Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei.
Origin of Ket
1- Also called Yenisei Ostyak.
Other definitions for ket- (2 of 2)
variant of keto- before a vowel: ketene.
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How to use Ket in a sentence
Paroquet, Parroquet, par′o-Ket, n. a small long-tailed tropical and subtropical parrot.
His superior consequence is signified by a repetition of the word eti-Ket-ti-ca.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 | David CollinsEtang-a-teda Eti-Ket-ti-ca, a principal chief, or man in very great authority.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1 | David CollinsKet himself was a considerable landed proprietor as well as a tanner.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry TawneyThe articles signed by Ket, Aldryche, and Cod in 1549 are a much more elaborate affair.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century | Richard Henry Tawney
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