Ket

¹

[ ket ]

noun

, plural Kets, (especially collectively) Ket

1. 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.
2. the Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei.

ket-

²

1. variant of keto- before a vowel:

   ketene.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ket¹

From Russian, from Ket: Ket, “man, human being”

Example Sentences

Paroquet, Parroquet, par′o-ket, n. a small long-tailed tropical and subtropical parrot.

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His superior consequence is signified by a repetition of the word eti-ket-ti-ca.

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Etang-a-teda Eti-ket-ti-ca, a principal chief, or man in very great authority.

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Ket himself was a considerable landed proprietor as well as a tanner.

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The articles signed by Ket, Aldryche, and Cod in 1549 are a much more elaborate affair.

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