Ket

[ ket ]

/ kɛt /

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noun, plural Kets, (especially collectively) Ket for 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.

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

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Also called Yenisei Ostyak.

Origin of Ket

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

Other definitions for Ket (2 of 2)

ket-

variant of keto- before a vowel: ketene.

How to use Ket in a sentence

Paroquet, Parroquet, par′o-ket, n. a small long-tailed tropical and subtropical parrot.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
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 Collins
Etang-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 Collins
Ket himself was a considerable landed proprietor as well as a tanner.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney

The 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