Ket
noun
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.
Ket
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[ket]
/ kɛt /
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Kets,
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Ket
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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.
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the Yeniseian language of the Ket, related only to several now extinct languages of the upper Yenisei.
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Etymology
Origin of Ket
From Russian, from Ket: Ket, “man, human being”
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A 10th suspect was accused of sending them to Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh, for kidney transplant surgery.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2023
He held a placard with the slogan "Shal Ket" which means "old man out" - a reference to Nursultan Nazarbayev, 81, Kazakhstan's paramount leader since Soviet times.
From Reuters ● Jan. 6, 2022
Given the museum’s focus on the founding generations, “you’re gonna learn about artists that have no fine art career, like zero,” Mr. Ket said, noting that there might be a ripple effect.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2019
On Dec. 6, the day after Caras said she was fired, she said the company’s human resources representative, Ket Raxajak, called her and asked if she was planning to come to work.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2018
Ket took it away and kept it always by him.
From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
But among the Soyot and Tofalar, near Lake Baikal, only a few dozen remain; and among the Kets in the Yenisei River Basin and the Negidal on the Sea of Okhotsk, almost none at all.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020
Kets de Vries proposes a checklist: Is the candidate glib and charming?
From Forbes ● Jan. 30, 2015
“Charisma and narcissism can get confused very easily,” Kets de Vries points out.
From Forbes ● Jan. 30, 2015
“Many of the qualities that indicate mental problems in other contexts may appear appropriate in senior executive positions,” Kets de Vries continues.
From Forbes ● Jan. 30, 2015
Capri–X 2012 In 2010, Peter Van Kets rowed solo across the Atlantic.
From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2011
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