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.
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
But this Ket would by no means agree to, and for the next few weeks his authority was supreme in that part of the country.
From The Rise of the Democracy by Clayton, Joseph
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